My latest blog post: AM I ASIAN ENOUGH? AM I AMERICAN ENOUGH?
Link to the NHK Japan program- TODAYS 2020 in Japanese
Link to NHK Japan Program NEWSROOM TOKYO in English
Link to program that Sara and I did together live on 75th Anniversary HiroshimaNagasaki 75
Link to Sara’s short videos for Atomic Reporter’s THE BURDEN OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS ON YOUNG PEOPLE
Link to Hiroshima HIBAKU NISEI”S LABOR OF LOVE
Link to other videos of TLCB Summary and Chapter read aloud on my YouTube channel
Author,The Last Cherry Blossom – A United Nations Office of Disarmament Education Resource for Teachers and Students
October 2018 BOOK RIOT list of “30 Fascinating Historical Fiction Books for Middle School Readers”
Nominated 2019 NC School Library Media Assoc. YA Book Award
Nominated 2019-2020 Volunteer State Book Award
Finalist 2018 Sakura Medal, Japan
Finalist 2017 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction
SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Finalist(southeast region)
Scholastic WNDB Reading Club Selection, 2018 & 2016
New England Book Festival, Honorable Mention YA category
“Told with reverence and authenticity, Yuriko’s journey is inspired by the author’s mother’s real-life experiences growing up in Hiroshima and surviving that tragic day on Aug. 6, 1945. Tragedy and hope collide in this promising middle-grade debut”- Kirkus Review
