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a frank, powerful story in which both text and illustration work together without sentimentality or sensationalism to show the horror of war - School Library Journal, USA extraordinary - Entertainment Weekly unforgettable ... Like the spare text, the illustrations capture the frightening fragility of peace - Booklist Photos and Morimoto's drawings subtly underscore the contrast between life before and after the bombing of this courageous woman's home. This is a shocking story, but one that every American child should know. Ages 5-up. - Publishers' Weekly, Editors' Choice (on publication of the original US edition) A deeply moving memorial and plea for peace. - Kirkus Reviews

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Junko Morimoto was born in Hiroshima in 1932 and came to Australia in 1982. She is the award-winning author and illustrator of Kojuro and the Bear, The Two Bullies, The Inch Boy and the powerful contemporary classic, My Hiroshima.

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