A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
Genres
- Fiction
- Description and travel
- Voyages and travels
- Grandfathers
- Japanese Americans
- Homesickness
- Juvenile fiction
- Gandfathers
- Intergenerational relations
- Picture books
- Travel
- Immigrants
- Japanese American families
- Young men
- Manners and customs
- Memory in literature
- Social life and customs
- Caldecott Medal
- Children's fiction
- Grandparents, fiction
- Voyages and travels, fiction
- Japan, fiction
- United states, fiction
- Japanese americans, fiction
- collectionID:caldecott90
- Japanese, united states, fiction
- award:Caldecott_award
- lexile:650
- lexile_range:601-700
- lexile_code:AD
- age:min:5
- age:max:8
- grade:min:Preschool
- grade:max:3
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