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Author Conkling, Winifred, author.

Title Sylvia & Aki / Winifred Conkling.

Publication Info. New York : Yearling, 2013.
©2011

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 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  JF CONKLING, W. c.2  Check Shelf
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 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  JF CONKLING, W.    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J FICTION CONKLING    Check Shelf
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Edition First Yearling edition
Description vii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
age Children lcsh
Summary At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149).
Awards Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award Winner, 2012
Contents Part I. California and Arizona 1941 -- Part II. California and Arizona 1944-1945 -- Epilogue. California 1955.
Subject Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Segregation in education -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Farm life -- California -- Juvenile fiction.
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Orange County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Segregation in education -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Mexican Americans -- Fiction.
Farm life -- California -- Fiction.
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) -- Fiction.
Orange County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)
Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945)
Farm life.
Japanese Americans.
Mexican Americans.
Race relations.
Segregation in education.
California.
California -- Orange County.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Added Title Sylvia and Aki
ISBN 9781582463452 (paperback)
158246345X (paperback)
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