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Dash Hardcover – August 26, 2014

by Kirby Larson (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 21 customer reviews
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  • Age Range: 8 - 12 years
  • Grade Level: 3 - 7
  • Lexile Measure: 570L (What's this?)
  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Scholastic Press (August 26, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0545416353
  • ISBN-13: 978-0545416351
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 7.8 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsHistorical Fiction At Its Finest
By Xena's Mom on September 7, 2014
Format: Hardcover
My understanding of World War II deepened when I read Duke (Scholastic Press, August 2013) by 2007 Newbery Honor winner (Hattie Big Sky) Kirby Larson. As a companion title, Dash (Scholastic Press, August 2014), follows the lives of another family on the home front. Barely completing the first page, readers will have stepped back in time, becoming another member, a silent member, of the Kashino family.

Returning to school Mitsi, an American of Japanese descent, is hopeful her classmates will no longer stare at her in the hallways or leave hurtful notes in her desk. Hope leaves when her two friends, Mags and Judy, seem to have acquired another pal, Patty, who is especially cruel to Mitsi. Chapter by chapter the dread filling the hearts and home of the Kashino family builds until the day Mitsi and her magic-loving older brother read the announcement posted on a telephone pole.

All people of Japanese descent, whether they were born in America or not, are being evacuated to camps. They can only take with them those items they can carry. A decidedly horrible situation is made worse when Mitsi is told she cannot bring Dash, her closest friend and confident.

Initially they are taken to Camp Harmony (the state fairgrounds) to live in a tiny room with only five cots, a stove to keep them warm and paper thin walls. These Americans ate in a mess hall, used outdoor latrines for multiple people with no privacy, slept on straw-filled mattresses, delivered and received mail and bought supplies at a canteen. As days turn into weeks, Mitsi sees her family dynamics change. Relationships are shifting as connections are made with others at the camp; some are good, others are not. When a rhythm of living here seems to be forming, more bad news is received.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsbut it is her amazing courage and inner strength that keeps her going and ...
By Beth H. on August 26, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Cross-posted on Tween Book Blog: [...]

Why I picked it up: I have two dogs of my own and I can't imagine moving and not being able to take them with me.

Why I finished it: World War II is a much written about topic in world history, partially because so many of the events that happened away from the actual fighting had a lot to do with discrimination - namely the Jews in Europe and the Japanese in America. I remember a story my grandfather told me about a young Japanese American boy he knew that was taken to an internment camp and never heard from again, and there are days when he would remember the boy and wonder what happened to him. Larson has managed to capture the confusion, the heartbreak, and the uncertainty that surrounded the Japanese-American internment through the voice of a young fifth-grade girl who desperately wants to see things return to normal. Mitsi has a deep affection for her family and for her dog, who becomes her only friend after her other school classmates have alienated her. She struggles with doing the right thing, but it is her amazing courage and inner strength that keeps her going and endears her to the reader. Larson is also able to use her writing to put us in the moment and give a relatable quality to a situation most readers will find a little foreign. It's a heart-breaking story about the human spirit and the power of friendship that will appeal to history buffs and dog lovers alike.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHeartfelt story that young readers will love (ages 9-12)
By Great Kid Books on August 28, 2014
Format: Hardcover
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has meant that everything has changed for Mitsi. Her best friends are avoiding her, she's getting mean notes in her desk at school, and everyone is looking at her strangely. At least she has her sweet dog Dash to keep her company. When Mitsi's best friends don't even send her Valentine's Day cards, "Loneliness wrapped around her like a snake. She never, ever dreamed that her friends would desert her like this. How was she going to make it through the rest of the year? The rest of her life?"

Young readers will be able to empathize with Mitsi, especially with the way she finds comfort in art and in her dog. When her family receives the order to move to Camp Harmony and leave Dash behind, Mitsi is devastated. Larson builds the story carefully, first helping readers connect to Mitsi and then showing them how she felt torn from everything she knew. The story is infused with heart and feeling, but it never gets bogged down. I loved the period details, from the game "Hinky Pinky" or the slang Mitsi and her friends use ("I'm busted flat. Can't help.").

Through all of the loneliness and hardship, Mitsi holds onto her dream of being reunited with Dash. She receives letters from Dash, who is staying with a kind friend Mrs. Bowker, and finds solace in being able to write him back.
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5.0 out of 5 starsDash into reading
By Gail Martini on October 13, 2014
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The Newbery Honor writer has nailed it again. This is a charming mid-grade book that teaches upper elementary students about the Japanese internment using the dog Dash who had to be left behind. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 starsEducational. Enchanting. Excellent.
By Jason Kirkfield VINE VOICE on September 12, 2014
Format: Hardcover
This Scholastic title from the co-author of Nubs is an excellent introduction to the ugly slice of American history that was the forced relocation and confinement of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The term "evacuation center" has always been too kind. As Professor James Hirabayashi has argued, "The harm in continuing to use the government's euphemisms is that it disguises or softens the reality." These facilities should be called what they were: concentration camps. It was a case of 'round up the usual suspects,' where an entire race of people were seen as suspicious. Fear made President Franklin D. Roosevelt treat people--most of them American citizens--as criminals. Much too late, the U.S. Government acknowledged that internment was based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership." (Civil Liberties Act, 1988)

Dash is due out on August 26, 2014, almost seventy years after Roosevelt's exclusion order was finally rescinded. Time does not heal all wounds, however, nor does wisdom last forever. Barely six weeks after September 11, 2001, the same fear allowed the same government to pass the PATRIOT Act, dealing another blow to American civil liberties. Dash is therefore not only a valuable history lesson, but required reading for today's youth to avoid tomorrow's mistakes.

Like Nubs, Dash features a heartwarming bond between people and dogs. We see that connection sustain hope through rough times, even times of war. Aside from its considerable historical merit, Dash is a well-written book full of believable characterizations and dialogue. Suitable for strong readers from Grade 3 and up.Read more ›
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