Jar of Dreams
What's Jar of Dreams About
Growing up in California during the depression isn’t easy for eleven-year-old Rinko. She desperately wants to fit in and be like everyone else, but instead she is ridiculed and made to feel different because she is Japanese. But when Aunt Waka comes to visit, and brings with her the old-fashioned wisdom of Japan, she teaches Rinko the importance of her Japanese heritage, and the value of her own strengths and dreams, in this warm and touching story.
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Yoshiko Uchida has written more than twenty-five books for children, including “A Jar” “of Dreams” and “The Best Bad Thing.” Many of Ms. Uchida’s writings are inspired by her Japanese-American heritage. During World War II, she and her family were forced to live in West Coast internment camps. It is in this experience that “The Bracelet” is based.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780689716720
- Publication Date
- April 30, 1993
- Publisher
- Aladdin Paperbacks
- Page Count
- 144
- Reading Age
- 10 - 14 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 92018803
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 140539336
- Lexile® Level
- 970L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~W
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 4
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 233
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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