So Far From The Bamboo Grove Pdf File

Eee Top Asus Drivers. So far from the bamboo grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins; 6 editions; First published in 1986; Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Protected.

Publication date April 1986 Media type Print ( & ) Pages 192 pp PZ7.W3235 So 1994 Followed by So Far from the Bamboo Grove is a written by, a writer. It was originally published by Beech Tree in April 1986.

Watkins was awarded the Literary Lights for Children Award by Associates of the in 1998 and the Courage of Conscience Award by the Peace Abbey. Watkins's book takes place in the last days of. An eleven-year-old girl, Yoko Kawashima must leave her home in, part of northern Korea, as her family escapes south to, then to, to return to Japan. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Translations [ ] A Korean version of this book titled Yoko iyagi (요코이야기, 'Yoko's tale') was published in 2005 and sold 4,000 copies of the first printing. However, it was banned soon after. A Japanese version of this book, Takebayashi haruka tōku: Nihonjin shōjo Yōko no sensō taikenki (竹林はるか遠く: 日本人少女ヨーコの戦争体験記, 'Bamboo grove far distant: Japanese girl Yōko's war experience account') became available in June 2013.

As of June 7, 2013, the book was at No. 1 on the Amazon Best Sellers in Books in Japan. Summary [ ] The story begins with Yoko Kawashima (and her mother, brother and sister) living in. Yoko and her family have to return to Japan and hide from both the Soviet military and the Koreans.

Her brother, Hideyo, also tries to leave but he is separated from his family because he tried out for the army and purposely failed the written test. As a punishment, he has to serve at an ammunition factory for six days a week, which is why he is separated from his family when the Kawashimas have to leave. The family experiences a hard journey as they go to Seoul and to Pusan to take a ferry to Japan. In the journey, they saw many Japanese who were robbed of their property and slaughtered. Japanese women, from girls to adults, became targets of rape by some Koreans who preyed on the refugees.

Brain Builder Pc Family Edition Taylor more. When Yoko, her sister Ko, and her mother reached Fukuoka, the mother traveled to,where she had family there. She then leaves for Aomori to seek help from their grandparents. She goes back to Yoko and her sister bringing sad news that both of their grandparents are dead. Their mother dies on the same day, leaving Yoko and Ko waiting for their brother, Hideyo.