While I was away
(Playaway)
Author
Published
New York, NY : HarperAudio, [2022].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 go reader : digital, sound ; 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in
Status
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Akron Public Library - AUDIOBOOK | AUDIO J BIO BRO | Go Reader Pre-loaded Audio Player | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Audiobooks.
Children's audiobooks.
Children's audiobooks.
Culture shock -- Juvenile literature.
Families -- Juvenile literature.
Family life
Grandmothers -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers.
Grandparent and child -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children -- Juvenile literature.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Juvenile literature.
Children's audiobooks.
Children's audiobooks.
Culture shock -- Juvenile literature.
Families -- Juvenile literature.
Family life
Grandmothers -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers.
Grandparent and child -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children -- Juvenile literature.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Juvenile literature.
More Details
Published
New York, NY : HarperAudio, [2022].
Format
Playaway
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Based on print record.
General Note
Issued on Go Reader, a dedicated audio media player.
General Note
One set of earphones and two AAA batteries required for playback.
Citation/References
Junior Library Guild
Description
"When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand the basic Japanese they speak to her, they make a drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles with reading and writing in kanji, doesn't quite mesh with her complicated and distant Obaasama, and gets made fun of by the students in her Japanese public-school classes. Even though this is the country her parents came from, Waka has never felt more like an outsider. If she's always been the 'smart Japanese girl' in America but is now the 'dumb foreigner' in Japan, where is home...and who will Waka be when she finds it?"--From the publisher's web site.
Target Audience
Ages 10-13.
Target Audience
Grades 5-8.
Awards
A Junior Library Guild selection
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brown, W. T. (2022). While I was away (First edition.). HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Waka Takahashi. 2022. While I Was Away. HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Waka Takahashi. While I Was Away HarperAudio, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brown, Waka Takahashi. While I Was Away First edition., HarperAudio, 2022.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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