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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Readers of Abby, My Love, I Be Somebody and Irwin's other novels will lose themselves in her latest in which she again focuses on serious issues that young people can recognize. Here, 15-year-old Kim Andrews is obsessed by questions about her father, Kenji Yogushi, who died before she was born. Secure in the love of her Irish-American mother, stepfather and little half-brother, Kim still needs to find about her lost heritage. The girl goes in search of the Yogushis to San Diego, despite her mother's sad report, that they had disowned Kenji for marrying against his father's wishes. Kim meets hospitable Japanese-Americans as she carries on her mission and learns how they and their familiesall loyal American citizenswere imprisoned during World War II, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Gaining understanding of Nisei customs and the injustices endured by her father's people, Kim fears but keeps a meeting with his mother and aunt, climaxing a drama that Irwin spices with naturally amusing episodes. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7-12 Because she is Japanese-American and different from her mid-western classmates, teen-age Kim Anderson (nee Kimi Yogushi) is always uncomfortable when the subject of World War II arises. Even though she has a good relationship with her mother, stepfather, and half-brother, she feels that she needs a sense of belonging which she hopes to gain by finding her Japanese father's relatives, who disowned him when he married her mother. (Her father died before Kim was born.) She travels to Sacramento, where, after some research, and with the help of some Japanese-American friends of friends, she arranges a meeting with an aunt and her grandmother. The characterizations are especially good; Kim's realization that she is ``different'' still does not prevent her from having friends. The dichotomy between her Japanese background and American lifestyle and the eventual balance that Kimi achieves between the two is well handled, reflected in part by her initial love of teen romance novels and growing realization that they don't reflect the real world as she understands and accepts more and more of her heritage. The story moves along rapidly. The ending is exceptional because it's not pat; Kimi's grandmother does not immediately accept her. Parts of the book are reminiscent of Lowry's Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye (Houghton, 1978) .Bonnie L. Raasch, C. B. Vernon Middle School, Marion, Iowa
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Readers of Abby, My Love, I Be Somebody and Irwin's other novels will lose themselves in her latest in which she again focuses on serious issues that young people can recognize. Here, 15-year-old Kim Andrews is obsessed by questions about her father, Kenji Yogushi, who died before she was born. Secure in the love of her Irish-American mother, stepfather and little half-brother, Kim still needs to find about her lost heritage. The girl goes in search of the Yogushis to San Diego, despite her mother's sad report, that they had disowned Kenji for marrying against his father's wishes. Kim meets hospitable Japanese-Americans as she carries on her mission and learns how they and their familiesall loyal American citizenswere imprisoned during World War II, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Gaining understanding of Nisei customs and the injustices endured by her father's people, Kim fears but keeps a meeting with his mother and aunt, climaxing a drama that Irwin spices with naturally amusing episodes. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7-12 Because she is Japanese-American and different from her mid-western classmates, teen-age Kim Anderson (nee Kimi Yogushi) is always uncomfortable when the subject of World War II arises. Even though she has a good relationship with her mother, stepfather, and half-brother, she feels that she needs a sense of belonging which she hopes to gain by finding her Japanese father's relatives, who disowned him when he married her mother. (Her father died before Kim was born.) She travels to Sacramento, where, after some research, and with the help of some Japanese-American friends of friends, she arranges a meeting with an aunt and her grandmother. The characterizations are especially good; Kim's realization that she is ``different'' still does not prevent her from having friends. The dichotomy between her Japanese background and American lifestyle and the eventual balance that Kimi achieves between the two is well handled, reflected in part by her initial love of teen romance novels and growing realization that they don't reflect the real world as she understands and accepts more and more of her heritage. The story moves along rapidly. The ending is exceptional because it's not pat; Kimi's grandmother does not immediately accept her. Parts of the book are reminiscent of Lowry's Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye (Houghton, 1978) .Bonnie L. Raasch, C. B. Vernon Middle School, Marion, Iowa
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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