{"product_id":"yukies-island-steve-sheinkin-9781250206503","title":"Yukie's Island: My Family's World War II Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving picture book autobiography about a family's resilience and path to healing after the devastation of war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's 1945, the final year of World War II. Yukie Kimura is eight years old. She lives on a tiny island with a lighthouse in the north of Japan with her family, and she knows that the fighting that once felt so far away is getting closer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mornings spent helping her father tend to the lighthouse and adventuring with her brother are replaced by weeks spent inside, waiting. At some point, Yukie knows, they may be bombed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then, it happens. One Sunday, bombs are dropped. The war ends soon after that. Everyone tells Yukie there's nothing to be scared of anymore, but she's not so sure. So she watches and she waits--until a miraculous sight finally allows her to be a kid again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the true story of Yukie Kimura told in her own words, co-created with her son, illustrator Kodo Kimura, and co-written with bestselling Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin.\u003ci\u003e Yukie's Island\u003c\/i\u003e is an honest, thoughtful, and stirring picture book about being a child living through wartime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yukie Kimura, Kōdo Kimura, Steve Sheinkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250206502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250206503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Roaring Brook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.22h x 8.93w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/24\/2023","brand":"Yukie Kimura","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071329530111,"sku":"9781250206503","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20893065-fca4-4799-baba-6ccba4595aca.jpg?v=1685435467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yukies-island-steve-sheinkin-9781250206503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}