The Bracelet

Last updated Monday, March 25, 2002

Author: Yoshiko Uchida
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Grade Level: 4th
Date(s) Used: Feb. 2001

Synopsis: The year is 1942 and America is at war with Japan. All Japanese-Americans are being sent to live in internment camps for the duration of the war, including seven-year-old Emi and her family. Before they go, Emi's friend, Laurie, gives her a gold heart bracelet to remember their friendship. But upon her arrival at the camp, Emi discovers she has lost the bracelet. How will she remember her friend now?

Craft ideas:

• Make a bracelet or arm band out of construction paper, and write and draw on it what it means to be a good friend. What message do you think Lori would have written on the bracelet's heart?
• How do you remember your best friend? Draw and write.