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Weedflower

by Cynthia Kadohata

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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.

Japanese-American girlsEvacuation and relocation, 1942-1945FictionEvacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01801850The Forties (20th century)World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924Interethnic friendshipWorld War, 1939-1945Japanese-AmericansWorld War IIDetermination in girlsTwelve-year-old girls