Hesse, Karen: Aleutian Sparrow.Hesse, Karen ALEUTIAN SPARROW. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0689-86189-3. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Margret K. McElderry Books, 2003. 156 pp. $16.95. Who could have imagined that after the attack on Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. in 1941, the Japanese would stage further attacks on the United States at the Aleutian Islands, as well as strategic southerly islands in the Pacific Ocean? The Aleut people, poets and artists who lived in peaceful celebration of their land and sea, unfairly became targets of suspicion and were placed in internment camps by the U.S. government. In this powerfully emotional book, Hesse shares Vera's ironic story in unrhymed Adj. 1. unrhymed - not having rhyme; "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net" rhymeless, rimeless, unrimed rhymed, rhyming, riming - having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words" verse, which paints vivid pictures of the Aleuts as they struggle to hold on to their lives and their culture. Ages 10 up.--J. B. |
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