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(0)Traci Chee
2) Kindling
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"Once, the war was fought with kindlings--elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives. Now the war is over, and kindlings have been cast adrift--their magic outlawed, their skills outdated, their formidable balar weapons prized only as relics and souvenirs. Violence still plagues the countryside, and memories haunt those who remain. When a village comes under threat of siege, it offers an opportunity...
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For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps.
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Sea of ink and gold volume 1
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
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"Set in a world where reading is unheard-of, Sefia makes use of a mysterious object to track down who kidnapped her aunt Nin and what really happened the night her father was murdered"-- Provided by publisher.
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2020
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* NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * PRINTZ HONOR BOOK * WALTER HONOR BOOK * ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE HONOR BOOK *
From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.S. incarcerations of World War II.
Fourteen
...6) The speaker
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2017
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"Sefia and Archer's adventure continues as Archer searches for a way to combat his nightmares of his time with the impressors and Sefia becomes more and more consumed by her study of the Book"-- Provided by publisher.
7) The reader
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Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin s been taken, or if she s even alive. The only clue to both her aunt s disappearance and her father s murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind,...
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Series
Sea of ink and gold volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Sefia and Archer's adventure continues as Archer searches for a way to combat his nightmares of his time with the impressors and Sefia becomes more and more consumed by her study of the Book"-- Provided by publisher.
Archer searches for a way to combat his nightmares of his time with the impressors, and begins to develop a taste for violence. Meanwhile Sefia becomes more and more consumed by her study of the Book and begins to believe that Archer...
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Sea of ink and gold volume 3
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"As Sefia and Archer watch Kelanna start to crumble to the Guard's will, they will have to choose between their love and joining a war that just might tear them apart"-- Provided by publisher.
10) La lectora
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Oceano De Mexico
Pub. Date
2017
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"En un MAR DE TINTA Y ORO... "Érase una vez un mundo llamado Kelanna, un lugar maravilloso y terrible, de agua, barcos y magia. La gente de Kelanna era igual a ti en muchos aspectos. Hablaban, trabajaban, amaban y morían, pero eran muy diferentes respecto a algo muy importante: no sabían leer." Los padres de Sefia dieron su vida para proteger un extraño objeto de cuero y papel, que ella poco a poco descubre que se llama libro. De sus páginas...
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"In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own experiences to explore themes of identity and belonging in...
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Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"In this moving memoir, Jeanne Wakatsuki recalls coming of age in Manzanar, a bleak, dusty settlement behind barbed wire. She tells of her family's struggle to adjust to life in cramped barracks, fearful and searching for purpose in their new surroundings. She describes finding a sense of normalcy in activities like glee club and baton twirling, while armed guards loomed abe in watchtowers."-- Front jacket flap.
