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Snow falling on cedars / David Guterson.

Guterson, David. (Author).

Summary:

San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries--memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo's wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0151001006
  • Physical Description: x, 345 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1994.

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Upper Grades 7.0 23.0
Awards Note:
Pen/Faulkner Award.
Subject: Japanese Americans > Washington (State) > Fiction.
Trials (Murder) > Washington (State) > Fiction.
Journalists > Washington (State) > Fiction.
Washington (State) > Fiction.
Genre: Legal fiction (Literature)
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 16 of 16 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 5 of 5 copies available at Umatilla County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Adams Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Adams Public Library AF Guterson (Text) 37810000061928 Adult Fiction Available -

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