“It is about a young man who leaves his homeland in Japan to travel to America. He falls in love with the country and its beautiful sights. But when he begins to miss his homeland, he decides to travel back to Japan to see all the beautiful sights he has missed and to marry his sweetheart. Later on, he comes back to American and raises his daughter. After the man dies, his daughter goes back to Japan and raise a family of her own (she has a son). When her son grows up, he writes this story and travels to America to understand how his grandfather felt about his beloved journeys.
Reason I chose this book: I really like this book because I could relate to it. When I moved to the US, I was also an immigrant, so I have a connection there with the grandfather in the story. The overall book demonstrates multicultural, and I plan to focus that in my future classroom because it’s very important to teach students to accept others.
Use in the classroom: There are so many uses of this book! This book can be integrated with social studies, reading, writing and even math! One way I would use this book is by having students read this story in groups of 4 (each student will take turn reading). Then, they would have to examine how the Japanese culture is (shown in the book) different from American culture and create a visual about it. ”