Mei Ling in China City
By: written by Icy Smith ; illustrated by Gayle Garner Roski ; Japanese translation by Sunny Seki = Chaina Shiti no Meirin-chan / Aishī Sumisu saku ; Geiru Gānā Rosuki ga ; Sanī Seki yaku.
Contributors: Roski, Gayle Garner, ill.; Seki, Sunny, 1947-
Edition: 1st bilingual English and Japanese ed.
Publisher: East West Discovery Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manhattan Beach, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780979933967
Subjects: Manzanar War Relocation Center -- Fiction; World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction; World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction; Chinese Americans -- Fiction; Family life -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction; Mid-autumn Festival -- Fiction; Japanese language materials -- Bilingual; Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction; California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction; Fiction
Work titles: Mei Ling in China City.
Description: In Los Angeles, California's China City in 1942, twelve-year-old Mei Ling Lee helps her parents in their restaurant during the Moon Festival celebration, raises money for women and children refugees in China, and worries about her Japanese American friend, Yayeko Akiyama, whose family was relocated to Manzanar. Includes facts about China City and the Manzanar War Relocation Center.