The Resource Sylvia and Aki, by Winifred Conkling
Sylvia and Aki, by Winifred Conkling
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The item Sylvia and Aki, by Winifred Conkling represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Isbn
- 9781582463377
- Label
- Sylvia and Aki
- Title
- Sylvia and Aki
- Statement of responsibility
- by Winifred Conkling
- Title variation
- Sylvia and Aki
- Subject
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- trueCalifornia -- History -- 20th century
- trueFarm life -- California
- Farm life -- California -- Fiction
- trueJapanese American girls
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction
- trueJapanese Americans -- Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945
- trueMexican American girls
- Mexican Americans -- Fiction
- Orange County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) -- Fiction
- trueRace relations
- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueSegregation
- Segregation in education -- Fiction
- trueThird-grade girls
- trueOrange County, California -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation
- Award
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- Jane Addams Book Award for Books for Older Children, 2012.
- Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10011772
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Conkling, Winifred
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 760L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG
- Literary form
- fiction
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- 4
- 6
- Reading level
- 5.2
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)
- Race relations
- Segregation in education
- Japanese Americans
- Mexican Americans
- Farm life
- Orange County (Calif.)
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- Sylvia and Aki, by Winifred Conkling
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 817983
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Isbn
- 9781582463377
- Lccn
- 2010024182
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781582463377
- Label
- Sylvia and Aki, by Winifred Conkling
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 817983
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Isbn
- 9781582463377
- Lccn
- 2010024182
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781582463377
Subject
- trueCalifornia -- History -- 20th century
- trueFarm life -- California
- Farm life -- California -- Fiction
- trueJapanese American girls
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction
- trueJapanese Americans -- Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945
- trueMexican American girls
- Mexican Americans -- Fiction
- Orange County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) -- Fiction
- trueRace relations
- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueSegregation
- Segregation in education -- Fiction
- trueThird-grade girls
- trueOrange County, California -- History -- 20th century
Genre
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- trueJane Addams Children's Book Awards: Books for Older Children
- trueTomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award
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