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Sylvia and Aki

Sylvia and Aki

Winifred Conkling

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At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.

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OL Work ID
OL16295914W

Subjects

Race relationsSegregation in educationEvacuation and relocation, 1942-1945FictionMexican AmericansJapanese AmericansPoston Relocation Center (Ariz.)Farm lifeHistoryJuvenile fiction

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