{"product_id":"cherry-blossom-winter-jennifer-maruno-9781459702110","title":"Cherry Blossom Winter","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter being outcast to a small community, 10-year-old Michiko's life gets better when a former baseball star becomes her teacher. Second book in the Cherry Blossom Books series. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Michiko wants to be proud of her Japanese heritage but can't be. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her family's possessions are confiscated and they are forced into deprivation in a small, insular community. The men are sent to work on the railway, so the women and children are left to make the trip on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a former Asahi baseball star becomes her new teacher, life gets better. Baseball fever hits town, and when Michiko challenges the adults to a game with her class, the whole town turns out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the government announces that they must move once again. But they can't think of relocating with a new baby coming, even with the offer of free passage to Japan. Michiko pretends to be her mother and writes to get a job for her father on a farm in Ontario. When he is accepted, they again pack their belongings and head to a new life in Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Maruno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1459702115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459702110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.10w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012 pg. 36","brand":"Jennifer Maruno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935998640383,"sku":"9781459702110","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_652cdf0c-6788-449f-bd8c-70bd71dff613.jpg?v=1681423030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cherry-blossom-winter-jennifer-maruno-9781459702110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}