Continuation after "Jar of Dreams". Rinko, Abu, and Zenny break Aunt Hata's rules and hitch a ride with the train. The old man defends the kids against a bully. The old man lives in the barn and paints kites. Aunt Hata says he came upon bad luck and hard times. Abu'a arm is run over by the train. Rinko screams. Aunt Hata drives abu to the hospital where he slowly recovers. Abu experiences nerve damage and he can't...
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It's a typical story about the Japanese immigration in the American Continent, in the first decades of 20th century. At that time, many Japanese dreamed to work in America, with intention to "make fortune" there and return to Japan. This didn't happen only in the United States or Canada. Many Japanese families had immigrated for other Latin-American countries, all with the same dream. The story happens in the 30's and shows...
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If you like realistic stories and something which you can compare to yourself, you would love the Best Bad Thing. Once you read a chapter you will not want to stop. Why I loved this book is because I could relate to it. This book has some very funny humor in it. Now it is hard to sum up the story without giving it away, but I can give you a brief review. This story is about a girl named Rinko who is going to have to...
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i think it was a very good book.it taught children to listen to their parents
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I was intrigued by this story for 2 reasons: 1) it details life in Oakland California during the depression period, when there were still farms in the hills. 2) it was made into a famous Japanese (NHK) television drama despite the fact that the story concentrates more on the "lost summer" of the protaganist Rinko, rather than her Japanese ancestry.For those who saw the Japanese drama (it was later subtitled and broadcasted...
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