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Sylvia & Aki / Winifred Conkling.

At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Conkling, Winifred (Author)
Other title:Sylvia and Aki.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Yearling, 2013.
Edition:First Yearling edition.
Subjects:
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Segregation in education > Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Farm life > California > Juvenile fiction.
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) > Juvenile fiction.
Orange County (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)
Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945)
Farm life.
Mexican Americans.
Race relations.
Segregation in education.
California.
California > Orange County.
History.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Description
Summary:At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.
Physical Description:vii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Awards:Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award Winner, 2012.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149)
ISBN:9781582463452
158246345X

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