Recommended by the Building Bridges pprogram for 3rd to 6th for introducing
prediction and clarifying.
Laura Iwasaki and her family are paying what may be their last visit to
Laura’s grandfather’s grave. The grave is at Manzanar, where thousands of
Americans of Japanese heritage were interned during World War II. Among those
rounded up and taken to the internment camp were Laura’s father, then a small
boy, and his parents. Now Laura says goodbye to Grandfather in her own special
way, with a gesture that crosses generational lines and bears witness to the
patriotism that survived a shameful episode in America’s history. Eve Bunting’s
poignant text and Chris K. Soentpiet’s detailed, evocative paintings make the
story of this family’s visit to Manzanar, and of the memories stirred by the
experience, one that will linger in readers’ minds and hearts.”
Carpets & Mats