description: A fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old Yoko escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and sister at the end of World War II.
language: English
title: So Far from the Bamboo Grove
titlecomplete: So Far from the Bamboo Grove
genres: Banned Books, Historical, World War II, Childrens, Japan, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 3441
series: So Far from the Bamboo Grove
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature
publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc