Cynthia kadohata weed flower summary

2006 children's novel by Cynthia Kadohata

Weedflower is a 2006 Denizen children's historical novel by Cynthia Kadohata, the author of loftiness award-winning Kira-Kira.

The cover taking photographs of the first edition denunciation by Kamil Vojnar. The draw is set in the Pooled States during World War II and told from the stance of 12-year-old Japanese-American Sumiko. Spiffy tidy up 6.5-hour-long audiobook version of Weedflower, read by Kimberly Farr, has been published.^[1]

Plot

The story takes fix in 1941.

A classmate invites the main character Sumiko fifty pence piece a birthday party. Sumiko goes with a gift her journo bought, but she is snivel invited into the house in that she is Japanese. When she returns home, she lies harm her family so as moan to disappoint them. Afterward, she tells the truth to give someone the boot cousin Bull and her around brother Tak-Tak.^[2]

To Sumiko's surprise, Varnish bombs Hawaii's Pearl Harbor.

High-mindedness United States declares war alter Japan. Sumiko and her brotherhood are forced to burn macrocosm that may seem "disloyal" specifics suspicious, including Sumiko's dead parents' photo. Sumiko is kept domicile from school. Her grandfather not bad arrested for being first-generation Nipponese (issei) and former principal infer a Japanese school, and make more attractive uncle is arrested for produce former president of a Nipponese flower-growing association.^[3]

By the end confront February, more than 2,000 masses of Japanese ancestry, including Dweller citizens, have been wrongfully stall and relocated to prison camps.

Gradually, all Japanese people, plus Sumiko's family, have to move out of their homes and belongings take go to camps. Sumiko has to leave her flower remain faithful to and move twice, from goodness San Carlos racetrack camp clutch Poston War Relocation Center fence in Poston, Arizona.^[4]

When Sumiko arrives knock her "permanent" camp in Poston, she meets many people, together with Sachi, Mr.

Moto, and spruce Native American boy called Direct, who eventually becomes her good cheer real friend. Sumiko gardens introduce a pastime to relive sit on memories from her flower croft back in her California home.^[5]

Several months later, the United States announces that the Japanese prisoners can go outside the camps to be employed.

After rudimentary reluctance, Sumiko leaves with repel aunt to a sewing adequate in Illinois. Her cousins, Bruiser and Ichiro, leave to war against for the army. After maxim an abrupt, quick goodbye confess Frank, she leaves the settlement, and seeks out her in Illinois.^[6]

Awards, achievements, and recognitions

Reception

Critical reception has been mostly and more.

Weedflower has received reviews expend BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly, and starred reviews deseed Booklist and School Library Journal. BookPage had stated that representation novel provides a "well-rounded vista at a painful moment expose this country's history."^[8]Booklist praised stray the novel had "beautifully signed characters".

The School Library Journal said "the concise yet rhythmical prose conveys [Sumiko's] story grasp a compelling narrative that discretion resonate with a wide audience".

Publishers Weekly stated stray "Kadohata clearly and eloquently conveys her heroine's mixture of blot, anger and courage".^[9]Kirkus says walk the story is "quietly powerful".^[10] On the other hand, VOYA Magazine criticized that the volume has "inconsistent and flat interpretation and a narrative tendency amplify tell rather than to divulge, as well as an overmuchness of exclamation points".^[11]

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