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Author Stelson, Caren, 1951- author.

Title Sachiko : a Nagasaki bomb survivor's story / Caren Stelson.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Teen  YA 92 YASUI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA B YASUI    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Middle School Books  MB YASHUI    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult  YA B YASUI SACHIKO S    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department  TEEN 940.54 STE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  B Q YASUI, SACHIKO    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  JB YASUI    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J B YASUI    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  Juv. 940.5425 S824S    Check Shelf
Description 144 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, genealogical table ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-140) and index.
Audience Grade 9 to 12.
Contents August 1945. Home in Nagasaki -- May-August 1945. Evacuation -- August 6, 1945. An ordinary day -- August 9, 1945. Unspeakable seconds -- August 9, 1945. The end of the world -- August 9-11, 1945. Mizu -- August 12-15, 1945. "Enduring the unendurable" -- August 15-Mid-September 1945. Two brothers -- Mid-September 1945-Late March 1946. Miracle -- Spring 1946. A new beginning -- April-December 1946. School -- December 1947. Searching for hope -- February 1, 1948. A seed for the future -- April 1948. Standing up to the bullies -- October 1948. Another seed for the future -- 1949-1954. Misa and the orphans of war -- 1955-1961. Father -- 1961-1962. Sachiko -- 1962. A path to peace -- 1963-1968. "The World House" -- 1968-1992. Cicada years -- August 1995. Sachiko's fiftieth anniversary.
Summary Tells the story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki through the eyes of Sachiko Yasui, who was six when the devastation was wrought, describing her experiences in the aftermath of the attack as well as her long journey to find peace.
Awards Sibert Informational Honor, 2017
Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book, 2017
Subject Yasui, Sachiko.
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi -- Biography.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
Atomic bomb victims.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi.
Women -- Biography.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- People & Places -- Asia.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography /Women.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- History -- Military & Wars.
Atomic bomb victims -- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
Women -- Biography.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies.
Added Title Nagasaki bomb survivor's story
Other Form: Online version: Stelson, Caren Barzelay, author. Sachiko Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 2016 9781512408935 (DLC) 2016006785
ISBN 9781467789035 (lb : alk. paper)
1467789038 (lb : alk. paper)
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