Hiroshima (Apple Paperbacks) | Laurence Yep

Hiroshima (Apple Paperbacks) | Laurence Yep | Wonderful to Teach 6th Graders

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Hiroshima (Apple P...

	Hiroshima (Apple Paperbacks) Laurence Yep Scholastic Paperbacks, 1996 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Based on real accounts by Hiroshima survivors, the fictional story of twelve-year-old Sachi follows her witness to the devastation in her city as a result of the bombing and describes her healing process as she helps to rebuild her home. Reprint. PW. AB.

Chemistry Teacher

I used this very simple book to inject a little burst of "something" different into my Chemistry class. I use it when I cover Nuclear Chemistry. It describes very simply the vocabulary words for an atomic bomb and the plus is that the students get to learn about the point of view of a young girl.
It's a great help in the course: they have to read! The students get to see a different point of view of what would have been just another topic in a not so fun class (That is, -for some.) I like to have a little bit for everybody in my classes, this book allows for a breath of fresh air for those who are suffocating with the chemistry compounds... They see "People things: feelings" in the class of Chemistry! Wow, that doesn't happen too often!

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Wonderful to Teach 6th Graders

I teach 6th grade special education language arts. I teach this book at the end of the year during a poetry/haiku unit. I teach the children a bit about Asian culture and about World War II. It sets them up for 7th grade social studies and really gives them something to think about. I've found it to be quite a successful unit. The students are very interested and engaged and are so curious about that time in our history and that of the Japanese people.

Two Brave Sisters!

Have you ever seen or felt a bomb? Well if you haven't your lucky , these two sisters have. On one early mornning of August 6,1945 , an a americian bomer roars down the runway on its way to Taiwain. The hopes of these two girls are in Danger.

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Stunning and inspiring

I wrote a historical fiction novel about Hiroshima, using this book by Yep as a resource. What an incredible storyteller Yep is. You are taken right into the heart of Hiroshima and shown exactly what happened through Yep's words. I was moved and touched by this book and recommend it, not just for young readers but for adults as well.

Hiroshima

Hiroshima

Hiroshima by Laurence Yep tells about one of the world's worst war disasters. This book tells the story of a little girl named Sachi. At 12 years of age, Sachi was experiencing her country and another country at war. What do you think? It would be pretty scary living in a target city for a nuclear bomb!

I think this was a very short but interesting book because I learned many things that I was not aware of. I thought the book was really good but it was so short, that it ended really quickly. I think this book would be a good read for grades 6-8 but that's about it. Overall, Laurence Yep wrote a good novel.

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