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Bibliographic Information (APA): Author last name, First initial. (Year published). Title in italics. Illus. Illustrator First Name Last Name. City published, State published: Publisher.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

So Far From The Sea

Bibliographic Information: Bunting, E. (2009). So far from the sea. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Annotation: A young girl visits the grave of her grandfather which was also the site of an internment camp in WWII and says her final goodbye.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Grade Level: K-3

Readers Who Will Like This Book: Readers who have experienced prejudice or find historical based stories interesting.

Personal Response and Rating: I rate this book a 4. Eve Bunting addresses the topic of WWII internment camps in the United States and puts it into a perspective in which young children can comprehend.

Prereading Question: Should people be judged how they look or where they come from? Why?
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