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Aleutian sparrow / Karen Hesse.

Hesse, Karen, (author.).

Summary:

An Aleutian Islander recounts her suffering during World War II in American internment camps designed to "protect" the population from the invading Japanese.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0689861893
  • ISBN: 9780689861895
  • ISBN: 1416903275
  • ISBN: 9781416903277
  • ISBN: 0689031890
  • ISBN: 9780689031892
  • Physical Description: 156 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, ©2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"In a luminous novel of unrhymed verse, Newbery winner Karen Hesse brings to light this little known episode from America's past"--Jacket.
Target Audience Note:
Young Adult.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader 5.7.
Reading Counts! 5.3.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 2 73207.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2004
Subject: Aleuts > Juvenile fiction.
Internment camps > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Children's poetry, American.
Aleuts > Fiction.
Racially mixed people > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Internment camps > Fiction.
Aléoutes (Inuits) > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Camps d'internement > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Aleuts.
Children's poetry, American.
Internment camps.
Aleuts > Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Concentration camps > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: War fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Young adult fiction.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library. (Show)
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library J HES (Text) 000174441 Children's Library -- New Available -


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