While I was away
(Book)
Author
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Burlington Public Library - Children's Chapter Books
J BROWN
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J BROWN
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Brown, Waka T. -- Juvenile literature.
Children's stories.
Culture shock -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers -- Juvenile literature.
Intercultural communication -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Personal narratives.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Brown, Waka T. -- Juvenile literature.
Children's stories.
Culture shock -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers -- Juvenile literature.
Intercultural communication -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Personal narratives.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
Bisac Subjects
OCLC Fast Subjects
Other Subjects
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography
Biographies.
Biography
Chinese characters -- Japan.
Conflit culturel -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Culture conflict -- Fiction.
Culture conflict -- Juvenile fiction.
Enfants américains d'origine japonaise -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Families.
Grandmothers -- Fiction.
Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child.
Grands-mères -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Japanese Americans -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans.
Japanese Americans.
Japanese national characteristics -- Fiction.
Japanese national characteristics -- Juvenile fiction.
Personal Narrative
Récits personnels.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Juvenile fiction.
Tokyo (Japan).
Tōkyō (Japon) -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography
Biographies.
Biography
Chinese characters -- Japan.
Conflit culturel -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Culture conflict -- Fiction.
Culture conflict -- Juvenile fiction.
Enfants américains d'origine japonaise -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Families.
Grandmothers -- Fiction.
Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child.
Grands-mères -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Japanese Americans -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans.
Japanese Americans.
Japanese national characteristics -- Fiction.
Japanese national characteristics -- Juvenile fiction.
Personal Narrative
Récits personnels.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Juvenile fiction.
Tokyo (Japan).
Tōkyō (Japon) -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand basic Japanese they speak to her, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles with reading and writing in kanji, doesn't quite mesh with her complicated and distant Obaasama, and gets made fun of by the students in her Japanese public-school classes. Even though this is the country her parents came from, Waka has never felt more like an outsider. If she's always been the "smart Japanese girl" in America but is now the "dumb foreigner" in Japan, where is home? And who will Waka be when she finds it?
Target Audience
Ages 8-12.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brown, W. T. (2021). While I was away (First edition.). Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Waka T.. 2021. While I Was Away. New York, NY: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Waka T.. While I Was Away New York, NY: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brown, Waka T.. While I Was Away First edition., Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
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