Plantation Child and Other Stories by Eve Begley Kiehm [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
A group of lyrical, interrelated shorts stories about multi-generations of the Kim family, who begin their American lives in the Korean camp section of a Hawaiian sugarcane plantation in the early 1900s. As the young Kims struggle to survive, they still manage to hold on and enjoy what little is left of their childhoods. A haunting collection of stories, suitable even for adults.
Review: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997
Readers: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult
Published: 1995
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