Resource Tag: historical
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Little White Duck – A Childhood in China
The world is changing for two girls in China in the 1970s. Da Qin―Big Piano―and her younger sister, Xiao Qin―Little Piano―live in the city of Wuhan with their parents. For decades, China’s government had kept the country separated from the rest of the world. When their country’s leader, Chairman Mao, dies, new opportunities begin to…
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Paper Wishes
A historical, thought-provoking novel about a young girl mentally trying to survive her family’s relocation to a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
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Pachinko
A saga about four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from their home.
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Revolution is Not a Dinner Party
Ying Chang Compestine’s pseudo-biographical story of growing up during the reign of Chairman Mao is a beautifully written, compelling story of a girl with the courage and determination to resist conformity.
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A Place to Belong
A Place to Belong explores one family’s struggle to survive in the aftermath of war, showing that even when things seem bleak, life can—and must—move forward. 1. The story opens with Hanako’s family preparing to travel to Japan by sea after a four-year imprisonment at Tule Lake.