A Jar of Dreams
by Yoshiko Uchida
Eleven-year-old Rinko lives in California during the Depression. She discovers the... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Cultural Area
- Asian / Pacific American
Year Published 1981
Word Count 28,276
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 233
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Fiction
- Japanese Americans
- Prejudices
- Japanese Americans--Fiction
- Family life
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Prejudices--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Family life--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Race & Racism
- Wonders Trade Books, Grade 4
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