The promised year
Ten-year-old Keiko leaves Japan to spend a year as her uncle's guest in California. Homesick at first, she struggles to adjust to life in the United States when her uncle is preoccupied with growing carnations and doesn't like the cat she has adopted. But the cat saves the flowers from th...
| Main Author: | Uchida, Yoshiko. |
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| Other Authors: | Hutchinson, William, 1916-1997, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harcourt, Brace,
[1959]
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| Physical Description: |
192 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: |
Ten-year-old Keiko leaves Japan to spend a year as her uncle's guest in California. Homesick at first, she struggles to adjust to life in the United States when her uncle is preoccupied with growing carnations and doesn't like the cat she has adopted. But the cat saves the flowers from the blight of smog, indirectly reuniting an old woman with her lost son. The story includes many details of Japanese customs and traditions. |
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| Item Description: |
Ten-year-old Keiko leaves Japan to spend a year as her uncle's guest in California. Homesick at first, she struggles to adjust to life in the United States when her uncle is preoccupied with growing carnations and doesn't like the cat she has adopted. But the cat saves the flowers from the blight of smog, indirectly reuniting an old woman with her lost son. The story includes many details of Japanese customs and traditions. |
| Physical Description: |
192 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |