Holly Thompson
1) Orchards
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sent to Japan for the summer after an eighth-grade classmate's suicide, half-Japanese, half-Jewish Kana Goldberg tries to fit in with relatives she barely knows and reflects on the guilt she feels over the tragedy back home.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A boy dealing with the loss of his father describes the many waves of emotion that come with the grieving process: sad waves, mad waves, fear waves, even happy waves. As the boy and his family learn to adjust to life without Dad, the waves still come, but with help from friends, they learn to cope and heal"--
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Raised in Japan, American-born tenth-grader Emma is disconcerted by a move to Massachusetts for her mother's breast cancer treatment, because half of Emma's heart remains with her friends recovering from the tsunami.