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WINIFRED CONKLING studied journalism at Northwestern University and spent the next 25 years writing nonfiction for adult readers, including articles for Consumer Reports magazine and more than 30 nonfiction books. . As part of her transition to writing for young people, she is working toward her Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermon

• Title : Sylvia & Aki
• Author : Winifred Conkling
• Rating : 4.56 (350 Vote)
• Publish : 2014-4-24
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 160 Pages
• Asin : 158246345X
• Language : English

WINIFRED CONKLING studied journalism at Northwestern University and spent the next 25 years writing nonfiction for adult readers, including articles for Consumer Reports magazine and more than 30 nonfiction books.

. As part of her transition to writing for young people, she is working toward her Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Sylvia & Aki is her first work for children

The two girls definitely never expected to know each other, until their lives intersected on a Southern California farm in a way that changed the country forever. Westminster School District, the California court case that desegregated schools for Latino children and set the stage for Brown vs. Young Sylvia Mendez never expected to be at the center of a landmark legal battle. Who are Sylvia and Aki? And why did their family stories matter then and still matter today? This book reveals the remarkable, never-before-told story—based on true events—of Mendez vs. Young Aki Munemitsu never expected to be sent away from her home and her life as she knew it. Topeka Board of Education at the national level.

When his children are denied enrollment in the town’s main school, Sylvia’s father institutes what becomes the landmark desegregation suit Mendez v. Conkling closes with notes about the families, the suit, the camps, and further resources. At the war’s end the children meet (they’re still friends to this day) and exchange dolls. This story, despite its purposeful agenda, illuminates a lesser-known milestone in our country’s struggle for equal rights for all. Grades 4-6. From Booklist This novel presents a fictionalized account of injustices endured by two real California children during World War II and is based on multiple interviews with both and other historical records. Westminster School District. In alternating chapters Conkling follows the forced relocation of young Aki Munemitsu and her family to a camp in Arizona and the experiences of Sylvia Mendez, who moves into Aki’s old room when her father rents the Munemitsus’ asparagus farm. --John Peters . Though both story lines feature only the sketchiest of plots, the author perceptively focuses on both children’s inner questions about their own s

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