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So Far from the Bamboo Grove

by Yoko Kawashima Watkins | Teens | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0688131158 Global Overview for this book

Registered by

wing

of Honolulu, Hawaii USA on 6/21/2010

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2 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by

wing

from Honolulu, Hawaii USA on Monday, June 21, 2010

This book is based on the author's real experiences as a young Japanese girl in Korea during the end of World War II. Time Magazine featured it in a look at banned books, even if they did mangle the author's name.

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Journal Entry 2 by

wing

at Honolulu, Hawaii USA on Friday, July 23, 2010

Released 13 yrs ago (7/23/2010 UTC) at Honolulu, Hawaii USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

This book is going into the banned book box and is also part of NMReader's 2010 Banned and Challenged Books Release Challenge.

Free People Read Freely!

Journal Entry 3 by Supertalya at Yongsan, Soul-t'ukpyolsi South Korea on Thursday, September 2, 2010

Love this one, I will actually take this one for my classroom.

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