So Far from the Bamboo Grove (e-bog) af Watkins, Yoko Kawashima

So Far from the Bamboo Grove e-bog

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In the final days of World War II, Koreans were determined to take back control of their country from the Japanese and end the suffering caused by the Japanese occupation. As an eleven-year-old girl living with her Japanese family in northern Korea, Yoko is suddenly fleeing for her life with her mother and older sister, Ko, trying to escape to Japan, a country Yoko hardly knows.Their journey is...
E-bog 58,95 DKK
Forfattere Watkins, Yoko Kawashima (forfatter)
Forlag HarperCollins
Udgivet 24 juni 2014
Længde 192 sider
Genrer 1F
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780062347114
In the final days of World War II, Koreans were determined to take back control of their country from the Japanese and end the suffering caused by the Japanese occupation. As an eleven-year-old girl living with her Japanese family in northern Korea, Yoko is suddenly fleeing for her life with her mother and older sister, Ko, trying to escape to Japan, a country Yoko hardly knows.Their journey is terrifyingand remarkable. It's a true story of courage and survival that highlights the plight of individual people in wartime. In the midst of suffering, acts of kindness, as exemplified by a family of Koreans who risk their own lives to help Yoko's brother, are inspiring reminders of the strength and resilience of the human spirit.