Under the Broken Sky
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9781250159212
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Publisher:
Henry Holt & Company
Product Name:
Under the Broken Sky
Author:
Mariko Nagai
Language:
English
Format:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
10/15/2019 00:00
ISBN:
1250159210
Pages:
304
Reading Level:
10 to 14
SKU:
9781250159212
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A beautifully told middle-grade novel-in-verse about a Japanese orphan’s experience in occupied rural Manchuria during World War II.
Twelve-year-old Natsu and her family live a quiet farm life in Manchuria, near the border of the Soviet Union. But the life they’ve known begins to unravel when her father is recruited to the Japanese army, and Natsu and her little sister, Cricket, are left orphaned and destitute.
In a desperate move to keep her sister alive, Natsu sells Cricket to a Russian family following the 1945 Soviet occupation. The journey to redemption for Natsu's broken family is rife with struggles, but Natsu is tenacious and will stop at nothing to get her little sister back.
Literary and historically insightful, this is one of the great untold stories of WWII. Much like the Newbery Honor book Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, Mariko Nagai's Under the Broken Sky is powerful, poignant, and ultimately hopeful.
The book, Under the Broken Sky [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN# 9781250159212 in Hardcover by Mariko Nagai may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Twelve-year-old Natsu and her family live a quiet farm life in Manchuria, near the border of the Soviet Union. But the life they’ve known begins to unravel when her father is recruited to the Japanese army, and Natsu and her little sister, Cricket, are left orphaned and destitute.
In a desperate move to keep her sister alive, Natsu sells Cricket to a Russian family following the 1945 Soviet occupation. The journey to redemption for Natsu's broken family is rife with struggles, but Natsu is tenacious and will stop at nothing to get her little sister back.
Literary and historically insightful, this is one of the great untold stories of WWII. Much like the Newbery Honor book Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, Mariko Nagai's Under the Broken Sky is powerful, poignant, and ultimately hopeful.
The book, Under the Broken Sky [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN# 9781250159212 in Hardcover by Mariko Nagai may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.