Title |
My Hiroshima
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Names |
Morimoto, Junko.
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Book Number |
DB033285
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Title Status |
Download Only
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
The author was born in Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima was a beautiful city facing the sea and surrounded by green mountains, with seven lovely rivers flowing through it. On the morning of August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the city and all was destroyed. Over the next five years 200,000 people would die from the effects of that bomb. The author shares her childhood memories of her city and its destruction. For grades 2-4 and older readers.
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Narrator |
Byers, Catherine.
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Local Subject |
History, United States - HUS
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Juvenile Book - JU
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History - HST
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Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN
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Audience Notes |
Female narrator.
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For grades 2-4.
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LC Subject |
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) - History - Bombardment, 1945 - Personal narratives - Juvenile literature
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Call Number |
j940.5425 JNF
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Language |
English
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Released |
1990
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1990
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: 1st American ed. New York : Viking, 1990.
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