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title: "So Far from the Bamboo Grove"
brand: "yoko kawashima watkins"
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# So Far from the Bamboo Grove

**Brand:** yoko kawashima watkins
**Price:** € 25.12
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** So Far from the Bamboo Grove by yoko kawashima watkins
- **How much does it cost?** € 25.12 with free shipping
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So Far from the Bamboo Grove

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    “Great!” -9 year old reader
  

*by D***B on Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2022*

Nine-year-old said it was great and paired it with When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Outstanding story for young adults and beyond!
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2014*

Yoko was an 11-year-old Japanese girl living in Korea with her family when WWII ended and they fled for their lives from Koreans angry at the occupation.  As  they struggled to get back to Japan, they encountered one hellish experience after another.  A librarian shared this at a conference in 1987 calling it "devastating."  I loved reading this to my middle school students and they in turn were enthralled by Yoko's adventures.  Seventh grade seems just about the right level to appreciate the story.  There are teaching moments throughout such as:  Why did the nurse clean the newborn infant with urine?  Why did the U.S. fire bomb Tokyo and how many people perished?  How would you treat a girl who showed up in class dressed in old, worn-out clothing and a strange haircut?It was helpful to encourage children to take the story seriously by introducing it with "this is a true story and sometimes young kids can't handle the events that are told and they giggle, but I think you can..."There are a number of strong criticisms of the book based upon inaccuracies in the story but mainly because of Japan's imperialism that placed Yoko's family in Korea.  While there seem to be similarities to Nazi Germany that those reviewers raised, the analogy fails because this is the experience of an innocent young girl in a respected family, immersed enough in the Korean culture to be completely fluent in Korean as were her siblings and to have Korean neighbors for friends. In fact, in one of the few places where Yoko shows hostility, it is to the Japanese military officer who comes to their home.I highly recommend this book!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A story of survival.
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2015*

Thank you Mrs. Yoko Kawashima Watkins for writing this book.  I am an ethnic Korean.  I have lived 10 years in South Korea as a minor.  I have lived 20 or more years in the United States of America.  Please forgive the unfair and hurtful reaction by the Koreans and Korean Americans who have said that you lied, that your memory is faulty.  I would boldly say that most of them did not read your book.  North Koreans and South Koreans are taught from home, school, entertainers, and politicians that everything bad is the fault of the Japanese.  This is obviously not true.  As an older adult, I also realized it is a convenient way for South Korean politicians to maintain popularity, and blaming another nation works when domestic issues are a mess.  Please forgive the Koreans who hurt you.  You wrote a beautiful book.  There has never been a war on earth, where rape, murder, and retaliation has not taken place.  You spoke the honest truth from your childhood, and you survived the war.  Your book should be read by all school children as a textbook.  If I could, I would support every effort to make this happen.  Thank you for writing this book.  I have not cried in many years, while I read a book.  I cried reading your book.  Thank you.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-07*