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The Peace Bell

hardcover – September 30, 2008
by Preus, Margi
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ISBN-13: 9780805078008 ISBN-10: 0805078002
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Binding
hardcover
Published
September 30, 2008
Weight
0.7 lbs
Dimensions
25.30×1.00×19.60 cm

About this book

The Peace Bell by Preus, Margi. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780805078008.

Yukos grandmother remembers that when she was a little girl many years ago in Japan, her towns beautiful temple bell was taken away to be used as scrap metal for the war effort. She thought shed never see it again. After the war the bell was brought to America by a U. S. Navy crew who found it abandoned in a Japanese shipyard. Most amazing of all, the bell was later returned to Japan as a gesture of friendship between the former warring countries. Told in evocative prose, this inspiring story based on the American-Japanese Friendship Peace Bell celebrates peace between nations.