Orchards
Published on 22. February 2011
336 pages
978-0-375-89834-1 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the APALA Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature
An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
After a classmate commits suicide, Kana Goldberg-a half-Japanese, half-Jewish American-wonders who is responsible. She and her cliquey friends said some thoughtless things to the girl. Hoping that Kana will reflect on her behavior, her parents pack her off to her mother's ancestral home in Japan for the summer. There Kana spends hours under the hot sun tending to her family's mikan orange groves.
Kana's mixed heritage makes it hard to fit in at first, especially under the critical eye of her traditional grandmother, who has never accepted Kana's father. But as the summer unfolds, Kana gets to know her relatives, Japan, and village culture, and she begins to process the pain and guilt she feels about the tragedy back home. Then news about a friend sends her world spinning out of orbit all over again.
An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
After a classmate commits suicide, Kana Goldberg-a half-Japanese, half-Jewish American-wonders who is responsible. She and her cliquey friends said some thoughtless things to the girl. Hoping that Kana will reflect on her behavior, her parents pack her off to her mother's ancestral home in Japan for the summer. There Kana spends hours under the hot sun tending to her family's mikan orange groves.
Kana's mixed heritage makes it hard to fit in at first, especially under the critical eye of her traditional grandmother, who has never accepted Kana's father. But as the summer unfolds, Kana gets to know her relatives, Japan, and village culture, and she begins to process the pain and guilt she feels about the tragedy back home. Then news about a friend sends her world spinning out of orbit all over again.
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HOLLY THOMPSON was raised in New England, earned her B.A. in biology from Mount Holyoke College and her M.A. in English from New York University. A long-time resident of Japan, she teaches creative writing at Yokohama City University.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Because of You
- Chapter 2 - Half
- Chapter 3 - Uniform
- Chapter 4 - Orbiting
- Chapter 5 - Thinning
- Chapter 6 - Outcast
- Chapter 7 - Atoms
- Chapter 8 - Baths
- Chapter 9 - Hats
- Chapter 10 - Faults
- Chapter 11 - Gifts
- Chapter 12 - Rapport
- Chapter 13 - Tokyo
- Chapter 14 - Projects
- Chapter 15 - Sisters
- Chapter 16 - Evidence
- Chapter 17 - Blink
- Chapter 18 - Stupid
- Chapter 19 - Dance
- Chapter 20 - Preparations
- Chapter 21 - Spirits
- Chapter 22 - Visitors
- Chapter 23 - One Hundred Eight
- Chapter 24 - Good
- Chapter 25 - Send-off
- Chapter 26 - Friend
- Chapter 27 - Postcard
- Chapter 28 - Heat
- Chapter 29 - Different
- Chapter 30 - News
- Chapter 31 - Body A, Body B
- Chapter 32 - Mistakes
- Chapter 33 - Surprise
- Chapter 34 - Crumbs
- Chapter 35 - Pact
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
