![]() Sumiko and her family are forced to burn everything that may seem "disloyal" or suspicious, including Sumiko's dead parents' photo. To Sumiko's surprise, Japan bombs Hawaii's Pearl Harbor. Afterward, she tells the truth to her cousin Bull and her little brother Tak-Tak. When she returns home, she lies to her family so as not to disappoint them. Sumiko goes with a gift her uncle bought, but she is not invited into the house because she is Japanese. A classmate invites the main character Sumiko to a birthday party. A 6.5-hour-long audiobook version of Weedflower, read by Kimberly Farr, has been published. The story is set in the United States during World War II and told from the perspective of 12-year-old Japanese-American Sumiko. ![]() The cover photography of the first edition is by Kamil Vojnar. Weedflower is a 2006 American children's historical novel by Cynthia Kadohata, the author of the award-winning Kira-Kira. 2006 children's novel by Cynthia Kadohata Weedflower ![]()
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