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1001 Cranes

by Naomi Hirahara

Middle grade · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 720L · 2009

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Why we'd hand it over

The most accessible gateway to Japanese American internment for kids who are ready; Hirahara refuses sentimentality without being bleak, and the crane metaphor carries genuine weight.

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