Conflict. Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata. Summary > Characters. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Plot Summary of “Weedflower” by Cynthia Kadohata. say her relatives in the internment camp. Lucky that her aunt and uncle have taken them in. Sitemap. As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend...if he can ever stop being angry about the fact that the internment camp is on his tribe's land. The star rating reflects overall quality. This books publish date is Jan 27, 2009 and it has a suggested retail price of $7.99. Sumiko's aunt tells her that "taking care of old men's feet was one of a woman's jobs.". It was published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers and has a total of 272 pages in the book. This book is interesting to use to find out more about what conditions these people lived in. I loved this book Weedflower. ISBN 9780689865749. I couldn't care anymore what happened to our main character and the ending was not really that. This book is interesting to use to find out more about what conditions these people lived in. Also Indians had far worse living conditions than the Japanese. Weedflower. Japanese Americans were rounded up and imprisoned during WWII. I was especially intrigued by the friendship between Sumiko and Frank (the Mohave boy) but the narrative doesn't devote quite enough time to their relationship to merit the emotional payoff the novel's conclusion attempts to elicit from the reader. With being separated from one another? Hope. The book is based on the experiences of Ruth Okimoto, a resident of the Colorado River Indian Reservation camp in Poston, AZ. See something that needs to be addressed? I loved this book Weedflower. Most kids don’t even realize that when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, we treated all Japanese like outcasts. Identity. The only thing that makes her happy is the family flower plant where she works after. Though the chicken-stealing incident was very well done, I probably will not be seeking out a book by this author again. Historical Background. Sumiko and her family are flower farmers in California when the attack on Pearl Harbor takes place. One of the most stirring Supreme Court cases I read while teaching constitutional limitations was the 1941, U.S. vs. Korematsu, which posed that the U.S. government had violated the civil rights of Japanese-Americans they had forced into internment camps during World War II. Weedflower (Book) : Kadohata, Cynthia : After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop. We took them from their homes and put them in “camps” so that they would no longer be a part of American society. Courage. Sumiko is surprised to discover, for example, that her new friend Frank's tribe cannot vote; no one on the reservation has electricity or running water. S&S/Atheneum $16.95 (260p) ISBN 978-0-689-86574-9. Right here, we have countless books weedflower cynthia kadohata and collections to check out. [s], Kazuo Ishiguro: A Dystopian Book in Dystopian Times. The main character Sumiko dreams of owning a flower shop. Almost like the camps were enjoyable, I thought that they were a little worse than that. White people swoop down on Japanese neighborhoods to buy household goods, etc., at a fraction of what the items are worth. If I were like Sumiko, I would do everything to save my life. The only thing that makes her happy is the family flower plant where she works after school. She is a pretty happy girl until the Japanese decide to bomb pearl harbor. We follow Sumiko through her normal school days and trying to fit in and make friends through discrimination and racism, intentional or unintentional, brought on by fear and doubt, and eventually into an internment camp in Arizona where she meets a Native American boy and learns that discrimination isn't just limited to the Japanese. History.com. After that, Sumiko and her family live in constant fear of what may happen to their family as neighbors start to disappear and all of her Japanese possessions begin to burn. If you chose to provide an email address, it will only be used to contact you about your comment. I loved the beginning, but somehow along the way it became very boring. Did you know about it the wartime Japanese internment before you read this book? The good part and the bad part. Publisher's Summary. Read Online Weedflower Cynthia Kadohata Amazon.com: Weedflower eBook: Kadohata, Cynthia: Kindle Store Cynthia Kadohata (born July 2, 1956) is a Japanese American children's writer best known for her young adult novel Kira-Kira which won the Newbery Medal in 2005. Older teens, including Sumiko's brothers, smoke. “I'm not one of these people who thinks it's going to come and destroy us,” he... Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. Raised on a flower farm in… Do you think it should be more widely discussed in school? Comments. Many lost everything they owned - land, homes, pets - as they were forced to sell these things at ridiculously low prices or risk leaving them behind at the mercy of their neighbours. These topics (and others) are brought to light as the relationship between Sumiko and Frank develops. Created on May 22, 2011 using FlipShare. Coming from someone who hated history classes in school, Weedflower is an engaging way to view World War II and the bombing of Pearl Harbor from another's point of view. Summary. Setting. Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Kira-Kira, the National Book Award winner The Thing About Luck, the Jane Addams Peace Award and PEN America Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty, A Million Shades of Gray, Half a World Away, Checked, A Place to Belong, Saucy, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. there was no climax and wasn't interesting. We’d love your help. Publisher's Summary. Twelve-year-old Sumiko lives on a flower farm in northern California with her little brother, her aunt and uncles, and her grandfather. by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. A very insightful book that I learned a lot from. It juxtaposes the prejudice against Japanese Americans with ongoing discrimination of Native Americans on the reservation "hosting" the camp. Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century. Internal strife and racist attitudes--not only towards the Japanese but also between the Mohave, the Japanese and the mostly white government--are unflinchingly portrayed. Weedflower plucks a chord in the hearts of its readers and even though it was first published in 2006, it still resonates with many, fourteen years later.