Genres
Publication
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2006), Edition: First Edition, 272 pages
Description
After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.
Subjects
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2008)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 2009)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2009)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2008)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2007)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2010)
PEN Center USA Literary Award (Winner — Children's Literature — 2007)
Iowa Children's Choice Award (Nominee — 2009)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Winner — 2007)
CCBC Choices (2007)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 2007)
Great Reads from Great Places (Arizona — 2007)
OYAN Book Rave (2007)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2006
ISBN
0689865740 / 9780689865749
DDC/MDS
| 813.54 |