Yukie's Island

My Family's World War II Story

Yukie Kimura, Kodo Kimura, Steve Sheinkin , Kodo Kimura

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St Martin's Press
09 January 2024

A moving picture book autobiography about a family's resilience and path to healing after the devastation of war.

It's 1945, the final year of World War II. Yukie Kimura is eight years old. She lives on a tiny island with a lighthouse in the north of Japan with her family, and she knows that the fighting that once felt so far away is getting closer.

Mornings spent helping her father tend to the lighthouse and adventuring with her brother are replaced by weeks spent inside, waiting. At some point, Yukie knows, they may be bombed.

Then, it happens. One Sunday, bombs are dropped. The war ends soon after that. Everyone tells Yukie there's nothing to be scared of anymore, but she's not so sure. So she watches and she waits-until a miraculous sight finally allows her to be a kid again.

This is the true story of Yukie Kimura told in her own words, co-created with her son, illustrator Kodo Kimura, and co-written with bestselling Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin. Yukie's Island is an honest, thoughtful, and stirring picture book about being a child living through wartime.

By: Yukie Kimura, Kodo Kimura, Steve Sheinkin
Illustrated by: Kodo Kimura
Imprint: St Martin's Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 286mm, Width: 226mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9781250206503
ISBN 10: 1250206502
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 09 January 2024
Recommended Age: From 4 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including Fallout, Undefeated, Born to Fly, The Port Chicago 50, and Bomb. Kodo Kimura is a painter whose work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the U.S. and internationally. Yukie Kimura was born in 1937 on a tiny remote island in south Hokkaido called Matsumae Kojima. In 1943, her family moved to Bentenjima, where the events of this picture book take place.

Reviews for Yukie's Island: My Family's World War II Story

A 2024 Notable Social Studies Trade Book A Freeman Book Award Notable Book 2024 Bank Street Best Book of the Year ""In simple text and pastoral illustrations, this book offers a look at how war affects children... An accessible and compelling book on a tough topic. Purchase for a unique perspective on World War II. "" --School Library Journal, starred review ""Insightful and compassionate, this lightly fictionalized recounting brings welcome insight about children in conflicts and lends humanity to the ravages of war."" --Booklist ""The first-person narrative is simple and direct, with the childlike tone giving particular poignancy to a callous act of war and making Yukie's experience urgent and immediate."" -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ""[A] story of wartime endurance."" -- Publisher's Weekly