Final Bookshare! Read one of these books (or another book about East Asia which has been approved by me) and tell us about it on May 19.

Barry, Dave	Dave Barry Does Japan
Reynolds, Betty	Clueless in Tokyo
Higa, Tomiko	Girl With The White Flag, The
Chin, Steven A.	When Justice Failed: The Fred Korematsu Story
Uchida, Yoshiko	Invisible Thread, The
Tunnell, Michael O.	Children of Topaz, The
Uchida, Yoshiko	Desert Exile
Hersey, John	Hiroshima
Maruki, Toshi	Hiroshima No Pika
Say, Allen	Tree of Cranes
Buck, Pearl	Big Wave, The
Clavell, James	Shogun: A Novel of Japan
Coerr, Eleanor	Mieko and the Fifth Treasure
Dalkey, Kara	The Heavenward Path
Garrigue, Sheila	Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito, The
Golden, Arthur	Memoirs of a Geisha (requires written parental permission)
Guterson, David	Snow Falling on Cedars
Haugaard, Erik Christian	Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samurai, The
Haugaard, Erik Christian	Samurai's Tale, The
Ehrlich, Gretel	Heart Mountain
Kudlinski, Kathleen V.	Pearl Harbor is Burning!
Miklowitz, Gloria D.	War Between the Classes, The
Mori, Kyoko	Shizuko's Daughter
Namoika, Lensey	Island of Ogres
Namioka, Lensey	Den of the White Fox
Paterson, Katherine	Master Puppeteer, The
Paterson, Katherine	Of Nightingales that Weep
Paterson, Katherine	Sign of the Chrysanthemum, The
Rice, Earle	Tiger, Lion Hawk: a story of the Flying Tigers
Salisbury, Graham	Under the Blood-Red Sun
Soto, Gary	Pacific Crossing
Thesman, Jean	Molly Donnelly
Uchida, Yoshiko	Journey Home
Uchida, Yoshiko	Jar of Dreams, A
Uchida, Yoshiko	Journey to Topaz
Watkins, Yoko Kawashima	My Brother, My Sister and I
Watkins, Hoko	So Far From the Bamboo Grove
Whitney, Phyllis	Secret of the Samurai sword
Wolff, Virginia Euwer	Bat 6
Yep, Laurence	Hiroshima: A Novella
Yumoto, Kazumi	Friends, The

Desert Exile, Yoshiko Uchida, University of Washington Press, 1982, Japanese-American, female, autobiography
Internment Literature. Follows the war internment of a Japanese-American family. True story, quick read.
Suitable for middle school/junior high and high school. Grade:B+

Itsuka, Joy Kogawa, Anchor Books, 1992, Asian-American(actually Canadian), female, fiction
Internment Literature. Follows the life of a Japanese-Canadian woman and the group she belongs to who are fighting for compensation from the Canadian government for internment of Canadian citzens of Japanese decent during WWII.
Suitable for high school. Grade:B

Honor and Duty, Gus Lee, Ivy Books, 1994, Chinese-American, male, fiction
The follow-up to Lee's first book China Boy, follows Kai Ting through his ordeals at West Point as the only Chinese-American in the school. Only caution, the book is long.
Suitable for high-school. Grade:B+

Finding my voice Marie Lee, Houghton Mifflin, 1992, Asian-American, female, fiction.
Ellen Sung is the only Asian-American in a small school in Minnesota and is having trouble finding her identity. Should she follow her sister to Harvard, receive a letter in gymnastics, and/or forgive the racial comments she hears?.
Suitable forMiddle school/junior high. Grade: B (CL)

The Golem and the Dragon Girl Sonia Levitin, Dials, 1993, Asian-American/Jewish, female and male, fiction.
Laurel Wang and her Chinese-American family have moved out of a house that she thinks is haunted by the dragon spirit of her great-grandfather. Jonathan and his Jewish family move into the house and he thinks a golem is haunting the house. Laurel and Jonathan use their cultures to exorcise the ghost..
Suitable for Middle school/junior high. Grade:B (CL)

The Joy Luck Club.Amy Tan, Ballantine Books, 1989, Chinese American, Female, fiction.
A novel about four Chinese American women and their Chinese mothers coping with their different cultural aspects. It's told through the voices of each of the mothers and their daughters. The vignettes are compelling, beautifully creative, and real tear-jerkers. We would recomend this to anyone, especially women. ..
Suitable for high school. Grade: (VJC)

If It Hadn't been for Yoon Jun.Marie G. Lee, Houghton Mifflin/Avon, 1993, Korean American, Female, fiction.
A funny big that also deals with racism in a serious was. Twelve-year-old Alice is an adoptee from Korea in a white family. She doesn't think of herself as Korean at all, but when a boy from Korean, Yoon Jun, ends up in her class, she has to face up to real issues of who she is..
Suitable for middle school/junior high. Grade: A+ (ATC)