Pub Date: May 8, 2012
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0760
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 09 to 12
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 7.50" L x 5.10" W ( 0.40 lbs) 208 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational | Historical | United States 20th Century | Toys Dolls and Puppets
Description: I am Miss Kanagawa. In 1927, my 57 doll-sisters and I were sent from Japan to America as Ambassadors of Friendship. Our work wasn't all peach blossoms and tea cakes. My story will take you from New York to Oregon, during the Great Depression. Though few in this tale are as fascinating as I, their stories won't be an unpleasant diversion. You will make the acquaintance of Bunny, bent on revenge; Lois, with her head in the clouds; Willie Mae, who not only awakened my heart, but broke it; and Lucy, a friend so dear, not even war could part us. I have put this tale to paper because from those 58 Friendship Dolls only 45 remain. I know that someone who chooses this book is capable of solving the mystery of the missing sisters. Perhaps that someone is you.