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by Waka T. Brown
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 2021
Word Count 65,800
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 511952, 10 AR Points
- OverDrive Digital Book Details Explore on Marketplace
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- Japanese American children--Juvenile literature
- Japanese national characteristics--Juvenile fiction
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction
- Chinese characters--Japan
- Grandmothers--Juvenile literature
- Manners and customs
- Japanese American children
- Grandmothers
- Families
- Japanese Americans
- Culture conflict--Fiction
- Culture shock
- Japanese Americans--Fiction
- Intercultural communication
- Culture shock--Juvenile literature
- Japanese national characteristics--Fiction
- Culture conflict--Juvenile fiction
- Japanese Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Grandparent and child
- Americans
- Brown, Waka T.--Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Intercultural communication--Juvenile literature
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- Virtual Book Tours
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Waka T. Brown about While I Was Away
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Waka T. Brown
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Waka T. Brown “While I Was Away Virtual Book Tour”
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Invitation to Imagine from Waka T. Brown
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Waka T. Brown
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Waka T. Brown “While I Was Away Virtual Book Tour”
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Interview with Waka T. Brown
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Guest Post by Waka T. Brown
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Interview with Waka T. Brown
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Teaching Guide from HarperStacks
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Invitation to Imagine from Waka T. Brown
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Chieko Hidaka
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Awards & Distinctions 4
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021
Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2024
Honor, 2021
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