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The Last Cherry Blossom is the powerful story of Yuriko, a twelve-year-old girl in Hiroshima during World War II. Yuriko is not only dealing with upheaval due to the war, but also must cope with revelations and change in her own family prior to the bombing of her city.
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- Kathleen Burkinshaw
A secret is revealed and Yuriko discovers that her family isn’t who she originally thought them to be. Amidst these personal concerns, America drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, changing Yuriko’s life forever. The story is based on the life of the author’s mother, who was twelve when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
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Kathleen Burkinshaw is a Japanese American author and the daughter of a Hiroshima survivor. She wrote The Last Cherry Blossombased on her mother’s story of growing up in Hiroshima during World War II. It is through her mother’s twelve-year-old eyes that readers witness the atomic bombing of August 6, 1945. Kathleen lives with her husband and daught...
Bianca Schulze: Hi, Kathleen. Welcome to the Growing Readers podcast. Kathleen Burkinshaw: Hello, Bianca. Thank you so much for having me here. Bianca Schulze: Oh, my gosh. It is such an honor to talk to you today about your book, The Last Cherry Blossom. I know this story is really special to you because it’s based on your mother’s first-hand expe...
Publisher’s Book Summary: Yuriko is happy growing up in Hiroshima when it’s just her and Papa. But her aunt Kimiko and her cousin Genji are living with them now, and the family is only getting bigger with talk of a double marriage! And while things are changing at home, the world beyond their doors is even more unpredictable. World War II is coming...
Resources: Learn more about Kathleen Burkinshaw’s work at https://kathleenburkinshaw.com/. Discussion Topics: 1. The driving force behind sharing this story of the Hiroshima atomic bomb with children and teens. 2. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and how Kathleen’s diagnosis led to hearing about her mother’s experience living through the bombing. 3. Th...
- Bianca Schulze
Aug 25, 2020 · Kathleen Burkinshaw wrote The Last Cherry Blossom based on her own mother’s story of growing up in Hiroshima during World War II. She was twelve years old when the bomb was dropped on...
Aug 3, 2016 · Based on the true life events of Ms. Burkinshaw’s mother, I hope this book will open up discussions in classrooms and homes all across the world, creating conversations about the impact war—especially nuclear war—has on innocent lives.
Aug 2, 2016 · Yuriko was happy growing up in Hiroshima when it was just her and Papa. But her aunt Kimiko and her cousin Genji are living with them now, and the family is only getting bigger with talks of a...
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