![]() Simultaneously, the reader follows the life of Sachi and her little sister, Riko. ![]() The book begins giving a background of the war and the development of nuclear weapons. Laurence Yep gives a very interesting, real and informative look into the Augevents. I would definitely recommend this book to upper-elementary/middle school students who are learning about WWII. Even though Sachi was not a real person, her story is "a composite of several children who were in Hiroshima," according to the author's afterword. ![]() It intersperses factual events (which can be researched using the resources listed at the back of the book, or others) with a story of a fictional girl named Sachi. However, it's a reality of the world, and I feel like this is a good way to introduce this terrible historical event to curious readers. Though, as an adult, it was still the case for me. It may be difficult for children to understand and deal with. A perfect introduction for young readers, though the subject matter is understandably very sad. The language is simple and easy to understand. It explains the events of August 6, 1945, when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Today as well as writing, he has taught writing and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Barbara.ĭespite its brevity (49 pages, plus the afterword and bibliography), this novella is emotional, compelling and educational. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1975. After two years at Marquette University, Yep transferred to the University of California at Santa Cruz where he graduated in 1970 with a B.A. However, it was while attending high school that he started writing for a science fiction magazine, being paid one cent a word for his efforts. During high school he faced the white American culture for the first time. Other students at the school, according to Yep, labeled him a "dumbbell Chinese" because he spoke only English. ![]() They later married and now live in San Francisco.Īlthough not living in Chinatown, Yep commuted to a parochial bilingual school there. Joanne Ryder, a children's book author, and Yep met and became friends during college while she was his editor. He was in his own words his neighborhood's "all-purpose Asian" and did not feel he had a culture of his own. Growing up in San Francisco, Yep felt alienated. After troubling times during the Depression, he was able to open a grocery store in an African-American neighborhood. Yep's father, Thomas, was born in China and came to America at the age of ten where he lived, not in Chinatown, but with an Irish friend in a white neighborhood. Franche Lee, her family's youngest child, was born in Ohio and raised in West Virginia where her family owned a Chinese laundry. Born Jin San Francisco, California, Yep was the son of Thomas Gim Yep and Franche Lee Yep. ![]()
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