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Paper Wishes
Paper Wishes | Lois Sepahban
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Ten-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her family's life on Bainbridge Island was until the day it all changed. It's 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Manami and her family are Japanese American, which means that the government says they must leave their home by the sea and join other Japanese Americans at a prison camp in the desert. Manami is sad to go, but even worse is that they are going to have to give her and her grandfather's dog, Yujiin, to a neighbor to take care of. Manami decides to sneak Yujiin under her coat and gets as far as the mainland before she is caught and forced to abandon Yujiin. She and her grandfather are devastated, but Manami clings to the hope that somehow Yujiin will find his way to the camp and make her family whole again. It isn't until she finds a way to let go of her guilt that Manami can reclaim the piece of herself that she left behind and accept all that has happened to her family.
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mrp27
Paper Wishes | Lois Sepahban
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#literaryluck #wish

Manami and her family have been relocated to Manzanar during WWII and she puts her wishes on paper as she struggles to cope with her new life in an internment camp.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💔💔💔 6y
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mrp27
Paper Wishes | Lois Sepahban
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So excited to kick off #24in28 with the tagged book! This is my second readathon and I'm hoping to surpass my previous time of 16 1/2 hours by aiming for 20 hours. As predicted some library holds came in so I added them to my stack. 😬 Good luck to everyone participating, happy reading!

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klburkinshaw
Paper Wishes | Lois Sepahban
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A heartwarming story during a heart-wrenching period in US history. I immediately felt for Manami and her abrupt loss. These events should never be repeated.

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Novelsandnotebooks
Paper Wishes | Lois Sepahban
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"I can speak. Strong words. Brave words." A lovely historical fiction debut about a young girl in a Japanese internment camp and her love for her dog. Great for middle grades.

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