Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Pearl
Sherri L. Smith and Christine Norrie
Illustrator: Sherri L. Smith and Christine Norrie
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Graphix/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-1-338-02943-7
Keywords: Historical Fiction-Hawaii, Hiroshima, Japan, Japanese Americans, Survival, WWII, Intergenerational, Atomic Bomb, Identity
Japanese American Amy, 13, is sent to Hiroshima in 1941 to visit her ailing great grandmother. While she is there, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and Amy cannot return home. Artwork in shades of blue and grey.