Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the National Book Award winner The Thing About Luck, the Newbery Medal-winning book Kira-Kira, the Jane
There is bad luck, good luck, and making your own luck — which is exactly what Summer must do to save her family in this winner of the National Book Award by Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata.
Rick Hanski is headed to Vietnam.
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After World War II has ended, twelve-year-old Hanako feels lost. America, the only home she's ever known, imprisoned then rejected her and her family, along with thousands of other innocent Americans, because of their Japanese heritage.
Eleven-year-old Y'Tin is the youngest elephant trainer in his village. When the Vietcong invades, Y'Tin and his friend Y'Juen flee into the jungle where they care for a beloved elephant and search for relatives who survived the attack.