The author of So Far from the Bamboo Grove continues her semi-autobiographical fiction, describing the hardships, poverty, tragedies, and struggles of life for her and her two older brother and sister, living in post-World War II (1947) Japan.
- ISBN: 9780027925265
- Author: Watkins, Yoko Kawashima
- Published: 1994, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Themes: Family, hardships, Poverty, Struggle, Tragedy, War, World War II
- Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Japan, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 224