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The Bracelet by story by Yoshiko Uchida is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Bracelet about?

<p>In Uchida's poignant story about a young Japanese-American girl preparing to go to an internment camp with her family for the duration of the war who loses a cherished token of friendship, Yardely's hushed, realistic paintings . . .) Full color.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The haunting immediacy of this moving tale may derive from its roots in Uchida's ( A Jar of Dreams ; The Best Bad Thing ) own childhood experiences--the author was interned in camps for Japanese Americans during WW II. Originally published as a short story, the book opens as Emi, her mother and sister prepare to leave their California home for a new residence: a racetrack that has been turned into a prison camp. Emi's best friend brings her a bracelet as a parting gift. Though Emi vows she will never take it off, the gold chain slips off her wrist as the girl helps clean out the filthy, abandoned stable that will serve as the family's ``apartment.'' After searching for it in vain, Emi eventually realizes that she does not need the bracelet to remember her friend, just as she does not need a photo to remember her father (who has been sent to a prisoner-of-war camp because he worked for a Japanese company);

Who reads The Bracelet?

Author

story by Yoshiko Uchida

Publisher

Putnam & Grosset Group

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780698113909

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

3.92 / 5 (312 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13