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A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story by Caren Stelson

December 14, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story is a book that I can tell you: it is a beautiful book about survival, family, and beauty within the ugliness of war. A family heirloom survived the bombing of Nagasaki, but some of the family did not. This based on a true story testament to the why we should never let this happen again. Lovely illustrations accent and compliment the text. I can say that it is written by Caren Stelson and those lovely illustrations are […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Akira Kusaka, Atomic bomb victims, Caren Stelson, Japan, Military & Wars, Nagasaki, Sachiko Yasui, World War II, WWII

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:419 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Akira Kusaka, Atomic bomb victims, Caren Stelson, Japan, Military & Wars, Nagasaki, Sachiko Yasui, World War II, WWII ·
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One of the Untold stories of World War Two

Under the Broken Sky by Markio Nagai

October 16, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was taught that if writers have a negative comment about what they are reviewing, they should start with a positive comment. However, I am going to be a rebel and start with the negative: If I have one complaint about Under the Broken Sky by Markio Nagai it is that the language is too modern. The contemporary voice of the narrator occasionally took me out of the (historical) moment, making me backtrack to get back to Manchuria mid-1940s. Now that is over, the good […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: 1939-1945, Asia, China, Japan, Manchuria, Markio Nagai, Military & Wars, Orphans & Foster Homes, refugees, siblings, World War

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:429 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: 1939-1945, Asia, China, Japan, Manchuria, Markio Nagai, Military & Wars, Orphans & Foster Homes, refugees, siblings, World War ·
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