{"product_id":"yukies-island-my-familys-world-war-ii-story-9781250206503","title":"Yukie's Island: My Family's World War II Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving picture book autobiography about a family's resilience and path to healing after the devastation of war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's 1945, the final year of World War II. Yukie Kimura is eight years old. She lives on a tiny island with a lighthouse in the north of Japan with her family, and she knows that the fighting that once felt so far away is getting closer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mornings spent helping her father tend to the lighthouse and adventuring with her brother are replaced by weeks spent inside, waiting. At some point, Yukie knows, they may be bombed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then, it happens. One Sunday, bombs are dropped. The war ends soon after that. Everyone tells Yukie there's nothing to be scared of anymore, but she's not so sure. So she watches and she waits--until a miraculous sight finally allows her to be a kid again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the true story of Yukie Kimura told in her own words, co-created with her son, illustrator Kodo Kimura, and co-written with bestselling Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin.\u003ci\u003e Yukie's Island\u003c\/i\u003e is an honest, thoughtful, and stirring picture book about being a child living through wartime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Sheinkin\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including \u003ci\u003eFallout\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUndefeated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBorn to Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Port Chicago 50\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e. His accolades include a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal and Honor, and three National Book Award finalist honors. He lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKodo Kimura \u003c\/b\u003eis a painter whose work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the U.S. and internationally. Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, he studied art in Tokyo and now lives in New York. \u003ci\u003eYukie's Island \u003c\/i\u003eis his debut picture book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYukie Kimura\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1937 on a tiny remote island in south Hokkaido called Matsumae Kojima. In 1943, her family moved to Bentenjima, where the events of this picture book take place. Since then, Yukie has become a skilled craftsman and dye artist, raised two boys, and started an herbal garden business with her late husband, Haruo Kimura. She currently lives in Date, Hokkaido, Japan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roaring Brook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612983202066,"sku":"9781250206503","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a2b86b53-109e-4815-ab71-d2d04e233f64.jpg?v=1732382811","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/yukies-island-my-familys-world-war-ii-story-9781250206503","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}