The phone booth in Mr. Hirota's garden
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Wada, Rachel, illustrator.
Status
Avon Free Library - Children's Picture Books
PIC SMI
1 available
PIC SMI
1 available
Williamson Public Library - Children's Fiction
J FIC SMI
1 available
J FIC SMI
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Avon Free Library - Children's Picture Books | PIC SMI | Available |
Williamson Public Library - Children's Fiction | J FIC SMI | Available |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Lexile measure
490
Notes
Description
"When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire village is silenced by grief, and the young child's anger at the ocean grows. Then one day his neighbor, Mr. Hirota, begins a mysterious project—building a phone booth in his garden. At first Makio is puzzled; the phone isn't connected to anything. It just sits there, unable to ring. But as more and more villagers are drawn to the phone booth, its purpose becomes clear to Makio: the disconnected phone is connecting people to their lost loved ones. Makio calls to the sea to return what it has taken from him and ultimately finds his voice and solace in a phone that carries words on the wind.",Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
490L,Lexile.
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 65 (high),Semantic demand: 68 (high),Syntactic demand: 55 (medium),Structure demand: 85 (very high),Lexile
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Smith, H., & Wada, R. (2019). The phone booth in Mr. Hirota's garden . Orca Book Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Heather, 1968- and Rachel, Wada. 2019. The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden. Orca Book Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Heather, 1968- and Rachel, Wada. The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden Orca Book Publishers, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Smith, Heather, and Rachel Wada. The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden Orca Book Publishers, 2019.
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