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While I Was Away
Waka T. Brown
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Quill Tree Books/HarperCollinsPublishers
ISBN: 978-0-06-301711-5
Keywords: Grandparents, Japanese education, Kansas, Japanese-Americans, Japanese language
Waka, 12, details her difficult school experiences and life with her standoffish grandmother during an extended stay in Japan in 1984.