| ISBN |
9780733331176 (hardback) : |
| Classification Number |
Y940.53 MOR |
| Author |
Moriwaki, Yoko |
| Title |
Yoko's diary : the life of a young girl in Hiroshima during WWII [BK] |
| Publisher |
Sydney : : HarperCollins Publishers Australia,, 2013. |
| Physical Description |
illustrations, genealogical table, portraits ; |
| Note |
2014 CBCA shortlisted book "Eve Pownall Award for Information Books" category. |
| 1945 was a hard time to be a child in Japan. Many had seen their cities destroyed by US bombers. Food, fuel and materials were in short supply. Yet spirits remained high. In April 1945, Yoko Moriwaki started high school in Hiroshima, excited to be a prestigious 'Kenjo' girl, and full of duty towards her parents, school and country. But the country was falling apart and in four months time her city would become the target for the first atomic bomb ever used as a weapon. In her diary, Yoko provides an account of that time - when conditions were so poor that children as young as twelve were required to work in industry; when fierce battles raged in the Pacific and children like Yoko believed victory was near. |
| Classification |
For secondary school age. |
| Moriwaki, Yoko |
| Moriwaki, Yoko |
| Subject |
Child labor -- Japan -- Anecdotes |
| Child labour -- Japan -- Anecdotes |
| Students -- Japan -- Diaries |
| World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives. |
| World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives. |
| Child labor -- Japan -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature |
| Students -- Japan -- Diaries -- Juvenile literature |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature |
| Hiroshima (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 |
| Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Anecdotes |
| Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 |
| Hiroshima (Japan) |
| Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature |
| Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Juvenile literature |
| Additional Author |
Ham, Paul. |
| Edwards, Debbie |
