Naomi's Road

Naomi's Road by Kogawa, Joy. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781550051155.

A brand new edition of a childrens classic. First published to critical acclaim in 1986, Naomis Road is the story of a girl whose Japanese-Canadian family is uprooted during the Second World War. Separated from their parents, Naomi and her brother Stephen are sent to an internment camp in the interior of British Columbia. For the young girl growing up, war only means that she can no longer return to her home in Vancouver, or see her parents. Told from a childs point of view and without a trace of anger or malice, Naomis Road has been praised as a powerful indictment of the injustice of war and the governments treatment of Japanese-Canadian citizens, both during and well after World War II. This new edition is based on an expanded version of the story published in Japan. In it, Kogawa brings in more of the extended family and answers the question so often asked by fans of the original book: What happened to Naomis mother? With a historical note and a new ending, cover, and interior drawings by popular childrens illustrator Ruth Ohi, this book will be an absolute must for owners of the original as well as a whole new generation of young readers. Praise from Publishers Weekly: "Kogawa, who wrote the adult book Obasan, begins this with a letter to children, explaining the background for Naomis story -- that Canada was at war with Japan and so all Japanese-Canadians were placed in internment camps Naomis point of view is singularly childlike -- for her, war means missing her parents and not understanding why another girl, Mitzi, dislikes her... This is not a novel that bears malice for the injustices of the war, but relates instead a tale of unquenchable human spirit, undaunted by prejudice and unable to let go of hope."