Dash

Resource Information

The work Dash represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fulton County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Dash

Statement of responsibility

Kirby Larson

Creator

• trueLarson, Kirby
• Larson, Kirby

Author

• Larson, Kirby

Subject

• trueHistorical fiction
• Japanese American children -- Juvenile fiction
• trueJapanese American girls
• Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction
• Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueJapanese Americans -- Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945
• truePuyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup, Wash.)
• Puyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup, Wash.) -- Fiction
• Puyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup, Wash.) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
• trueWashington (State) -- History -- 20th century
• Washington (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Washington (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• trueWorld War II -- United States
• trueWorld War II home front
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
• World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• Dogs -- Fiction
• trueEleven-year-old girls
• trueGirls and dogs

Genre

• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

When her family is forced into an internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and her beloved dog Dash; and as her family begins to come apart around her, Mitsi clings to her one connection to the outer world--the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for Dash

Member of

• Dogs of World War II, 02
• trueDogs of World War II

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueThoughtful

Character

• trueSympathetic
• trueCulturally diverse

Award

Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2015.

Cataloging source

NJQ/DLC

Dewey number

• [Fic]
• 813.54

Index

no index present

Intended audience

570

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.L32394

LC item number

Das 2014

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

570

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6

Series statement

Dogs of World War II

Series volume

02]

Target audience

pre adolescent