A jar of dreams / Yoshiko Uchida.

By:

Uchida, Yoshiko

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Atheneum, 1981.Edition: 1st edDescription: 131 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0689502109

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

[Fic] 19

LOC classification:

PZ7.U25 Jar

Summary: A young girl grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930's, a time of great prejudice.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Juvenile Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Juvenile Fiction	Juvenile Fiction	J FIC UCH	Available		674891000095985

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

During difficult times for Japanese in America, Rinko's aunt from Japan helps make a discovery about herself, and helps Papa fulfill his lifelong dream.

"A Margaret K. McElderry book."

A young girl grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930's, a time of great prejudice.

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Kirkus Book Review

The sparkle Uchida brought to everyday doings in Japan (Sumi's Prize et al.) is joined, now, to an ugly American situation--but not, as in Journey Home, a historic injustice. Eleven-year-old Rinko's situation, in 1935 Berkeley, is more ordinary--hence, more universally applicable. It isn't just that older brother Cal is studying engineering though, in his words, ""I'll probably end up selling cabbages and potatoes. . . like all the other Japanese guys."" Or, that Rinko herself ""may never get to be a teacher."" Worse, away from home, she feels ""pressed down."" And not for anything will she walk past Wilbur Starr's barbershop, and hear herself derisively called a ""Jap."" The submissiveness and self-doubt is what, remarkably, kimono-clad Aunt Waka from Tokyo dispels. Papa is a mediocre barber with a passion for auto-repairs. To supplement the family finances, Mama starts a home laundry (described, as usual, in engaging detail). Wilbur Starr writes hate notes, threatens, strikes: bundles of laundry are stolen; tires are slashed; younger brother Joji's beloved bassett hound, set out to watch, is shot. And Aunt Waka, of all of them, speaks up: ""She kept asking why or why not. . . I couldn't imagine her wanting to shrink down into the sidewalk like I do."" At her urging, Papa and old Uncle Kanda confront the flabbergasted Start--and, with some unscheduled input from Rinko, leave him sputtering. A.W.S. (After Wilbur Starr), Papa announces his intention to open an auto-repair shop in the garage. Aunt Waka, though, won't remain--any more than Rinko will again wear the kimono she's brought. The family--kidding each other, helping each other--has discovered its own Japanese-American resources. An affecting, spirited coming-to-terms. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.