Erika-San by Allen Say

Say, Allen Erika-San. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. PICTURE BOOK. $17.00. Erica only knows about Japan from a small print on her grandmother’s wall and the stories they read from the library, but a feeling compels her to study all she can and take a job in Japan after her college graduation. It takes her awhile, but somewhere must be the Japan that Erika yearns to experience. Instead of other cultures looking for a better life in America, we have, instead, the story of an American girl looking for a different life. It oculd be useful as a look at revers innigration. EL, MS - OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library-Teacher