Book
While I Was Away
- Published
- 2021
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 320
- Words
- 65800
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.1
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–13
When Waka's mother suspects her twelve-year-old daughter can't understand basic Japanese, she makes a drastic decision to ship Waka to Tokyo to live with her strict grandmother to reconnect with the culture and master the language.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780063017115
- ISBN-10
- 0063017113
Tags
ALSC NotablesBiographyFamily Life-GrandparentsJapanLanguageNonfictionPeople-Asian PeopleSocial Studies-Customs & Cultures