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(0)Ken Mochizuki
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.
2) Heroes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Japanese American Donnie, whose playmates insist he be the "bad guy" in their war games, calls on his reluctant father and uncle to help him get away from that role.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Bruce Lee focusing on his early years in Hong Kong, where he discovered martial arts and began developing the physical and mental skills that led to his career as a legendary martial artist and film star"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Basketball-loving Sumiko Tanaka, then 11, narrates this graphic novel about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. Through her eyes, we watch as her family is forced from their home and subjected to indiscriminate racism as they are shipped off to the concentration camp called Minidoka in Idaho. But Sumiko and her 17-year-old sister Yuri also see acts of charity and solidarity from their non-Japanese neighbors and friends in the Seattle...
Pub. Date
1995
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Famous authors and illustrators present a collection of prose and poetry exploring aspects of peace, from issues of personal and community violence to international conflict, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski, and the enviromental dangers of nuclear proliferation.
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