Not Paradise But Close Enough by Oyakawa, Helen

Not Paradise But Close Enough (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781511947992)

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Not Paradise But Close Enough by Oyakawa, Helen

Not Paradise But Close Enough

$12.25
Not Paradise But Close Enough by Oyakawa, Helen

Not Paradise But Close Enough

$12.25
Format: Paperback
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Sixth-grader Esther Waki wishes her parents would tell her they're proud of her. Just once. But it's 1938 in the rural Hawaiian coffee-farming community of Kona, and Japanese parents have high expectations of their kids.

Esther makes high marks and works hard, but her sassy attitude sometimes gets her in hot water. She vows this year will be different, and she has a plan: My Reform School Plan. If she's perfectly behaved, her parents just might buy her a piano she's always wanted.

Nothing much interesting happens in Kona, so when new people start showing up, heads turn and tongues wag throughout the community. Esther adores her new teacher and classmates from Pennsylvania, but she's afraid they'll rebuff her. Her new classmate, Shirley wants Esther as her best friend.

When both Miss Owen and Shirley leave Kona quickly, the little town once again seems small and boring-until Esther gets into serious trouble, and her father blames five Filipino coffee pickers-the other newcomers. As rumors fly in the diverse community, Esther is forced to stand up to her father. She must convince him of the truth, before old prejudices cause big problems.



Author: Helen Oyakawa
ISBN-10: 1511947993
ISBN-13: 9781511947992
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2015
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.43d
By Helen Oyakawa
By Helen Oyakawa
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Helen Oyakawa was born in Kona, Hawaii, and graduated from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, where she met her husband. Both earned teaching certificates, and while Oyakawa thought Honolulu was a big city, her husband's decision to study at the Chicago Theological Seminary introduced her to a real metropolis.

As her husband entered the ministry, their family moved from Iowa to Hawaii to Southern California.

The Oyakawas have four children and three grandchildren. Helen Oyakawa's husband is also a novelist ( Canary Pond ). She wrote Not Paradise...But Close Enough to explore her roots in rural Hawaii and share the beauty of the Kona of her childhood with a younger generation.

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