Sylvia & Aki /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Conkling, Winifred
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, Calif. : Tricycle Press, [2011]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Race relations > Fiction. Segregation in education > Fiction. Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Fiction. Mexican Americans > Fiction. Farm life > California > Fiction. Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) > Fiction. Orange County (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Fiction. 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.

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 ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149).
ISBN:	9781582463377 (hbk.) 1582463379 (hbk.) 9781582463988 (gibraltar library binding) 1582463980 (gibraltar library binding) 9781582463971 (Gibraltar lib. bdg.) 1582463972 (Gibraltar lib. bdg.)