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Following the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, this is a new, very personal story to join "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. " 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 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 to an end, and since the Japanese newspapers don t report lost battles, the Japanese people are not entirely certain of where Japan stands. Yuriko is used to the sirens and the air-raid drills, but things start to feel more real when the neighbors who have left to fight stop coming home.
About the Author
Kathleen Burkinshaw is a Japanese American author residing in Charlotte, NC. She's a wife, mom to a daughter in college, and owns a dog who is a kitchen ninja. Kathleen enjoyed a 10 year career in HealthCare Management unfortunately cut short by the onset of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) . Writing gives her an outlet for her daily struggle with chronic pain. She has presented her mother's experience in Hiroshima to middle schools for the past 6 years. She has carried her mother's story in her heart and feels privileged to now share it with the world. Writing historical fiction also satisfies her obsessive love of researching anything and everything. The Last Cherry Blossom, is a SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Finalist (southeast region) and 2016 Scholastic WNDB Reading Club selection.
