My Nest of Silence
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My Nest of Silence

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

My Nest of Silence

About this book

Four starred reviews! "Evocative prose and illustrations bring to lifeā€¦[the] heart-wrenching decisions and considerations that Japanese Americans had to faceā€¦[and] their endurance, sacrifices, and resilience." ā€”Susan H. Kamei, author of When Can We Go Back to America? Told in a brilliant blend of prose and graphic novel, this "magnificent, essential" ( Booklist, starred review) middle grade story about a Japanese American family during World War II is written and illustrated by Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature winner Matt Faulkner. Manzanar is nothing like home. Yet the relocation center is where Mari and her family have to live, now that the government has decided that Japanese Americans aren't American enough. Determined to prove them wrong, Mari's brother Mak has joined the army and is heading off to war. In protest, Mari has stopped talking for the duration of the war. Or at least until Mak comes home safe.Still, Mari has no trouble expressing herself through her drawings. Mak, too, expresses himself in his letters home, first from training camp and later from the front lines of World War II, where he is fighting with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. But while his letters are reassuring, reality is not: Mak is facing danger at every turn, from racism within the army to violence on the battlefield. In turns humorous and heartbreaking, Mari and Mak's story will stick with readers long after the last page.

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Information

Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781534477636
eBook ISBN
9781534477643

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Chapter 1: Thatā€™ll Teach Them
  5. Chapter 2: Two Weeks is a Long, Dusty Time in Manzanar
  6. Chapter 3: The Clucking Sisters
  7. Chapter 4: Dust. Food. More Dust.
  8. Chapter 5: Camouflage
  9. Chapter 5A: I Lost My Sketchbook!
  10. Chapter 5B: Okay, I Found It
  11. Chapter 6: Oba-Chan Yukiā€™s Cave
  12. Chapter 7: Good Bones
  13. Chapter 8: Red Rover, Red Rover
  14. Chapter 9: Not Like in the Movies
  15. Chapter 10: Is This a Private Fight?
  16. Chapter 11: Getting My Wings
  17. Chapter 12: Baby Medicine
  18. Chapter 13: Les Enfants Et Les TraƮtres
  19. Chapter 14: Go Home
  20. Chapter 15: Makā€™s Face
  21. Chapter 16: Feathers for My Wings
  22. Chapter 17: That ā€œFeenoā€ Shot
  23. Chapter 18: Just Me
  24. Chapter 19: War is Expensive
  25. Chapter 20: Standard Operating Procedure
  26. Chapter 21: Wetness Around His Eyes
  27. Chapter 22: One Peg at a Time
  28. Chapter 23: Home-Front Commandos
  29. Chapter 24: A Famous Place for Corn
  30. Chapter 25: Twenty-Five Dollars for Three Years
  31. Authorā€™s Note
  32. Acknowledgments
  33. About the Author and Illustrator
  34. Selected Resources Bibliography
  35. Copyright