The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida took place in 1942 and a 7-year-old girl, Emi, was being taken from her home in California to a camp with her mother and sister. When she arrived at the camp she realized that the bracelet her best friend had given her was gone. As time went on she came to the conclusion that she did not need that token, she would simply carry her friend in her heart and mind at all times.
I was drawn to this book because of its descriptive and imaginative illustrations. This book is very powerful because of the dramatic message behind it. This would definitely be a good book to share with students during a unit in Social Studies. It is about a real life situation and how those type of disruptions make stronger families.
This book is very suitable to second and third grade students. Other books by Yoshiko Uchida are: The Best Bad Thing, Journey Home, Picture Bride, Jar of Dreams, Journey to Topaz, The Wise Old Woman, and many more.
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