Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival Story by Shimose Poe, Mayumi

Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival Story

In 1941, thirteen-year-old Alice's days are filled with swimming in the Hawaiian sea, going to school, and...
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Author: Mayumi Shimose Poe
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Subtotal: $23.96
Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival Story by Shimose Poe, Mayumi

Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival Story

$38.99 $23.96

Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival Story

$38.99 $23.96
Author: Mayumi Shimose Poe
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In 1941, thirteen-year-old Alice's days are filled with swimming in the Hawaiian sea, going to school, and helping watch her younger siblings. But on December 7, everything changes when she experiences an act of war, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As the United States enters World War II, Alice's father is sent to a Japanese internment camp, leaving Alice and the rest of her family struggling to adjust to life without him. Featuring nonfiction support material, a glossary, and reader response questions, this Girls Survive story takes readers to one of history's most important moments.

Author: Mayumi Shimose Poe
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Published: 02/01/2019
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781496580122
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 199403 / Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival Story

About the Author
Trunfio, Alessia: - Alessia was Born in southern Italy in 1990 but she grew up in Rome, where she still lives. She has wanted to be an illustrator since she was a child. After a Degree in the Animation course of the International School of Comics based in Rome in 2013, Alessia has worked as Background Artist for some of the most important roman animation studios. She currently works as a freelance artist on various Animation and illustration projects.Shimose Poe, Mayumi: - Mayumi Shimose Poe is a freelance editor and writer. Recent work has appeared in Bamboo Ridge, Drunken Boat/Anomaly, Frontier Psychiatrist, Hawaii Women's Journal, Hunger Mountain, Hybolics, and Japan Subculture Research Center. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Hunger Mountain and won an Editor's Choice Award from Bamboo Ridge. She is a proud graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Vermont College of Fine Arts; has been on staff with Bamboo Ridge Press, Hawaii Women's Journal, and American Anthropologist; and is a reader for Black Lawrence Press. She lives with her husband and two sons in Los Angeles.

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