An edition of Namako (1998)

Namako

sea cucumber : a novel

1st ed.

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An edition of Namako (1998)

Namako

sea cucumber : a novel

1st ed.

The sea cucumber resists categorization - it seems not quite animal, not quite vegetable. In Namako: Sea Cucumber, Ellen, a ten-year-old multiracial girl, no longer a child, not quite a teenager, finds herself exploring an unfamiliar world of spirits and ancestors, ghost stories and secrets.

Leaving the United States, Ellen and her family travel to Japan to care for an ailing grandmother Ellen has never met. In Tokyo, Ellen is sent to stay with and learn from her seemingly disapproving grandmother. When her father buys a house in northern rural Japan, Ellen and her grandmother rejoin the family. While there, Ellen's life changes rapidly - she discovers a talent for art, gains a best friend, and grows to love her grandmother.

Honoring a last request, Ellen and her mother journey with her grandmother to their ancestral home. There, finally, Ellen begins to integrate her family's history with her own future.

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Cover of: Namako
Namako: sea cucumber : a novel
1998, Coffee House Press, Available to the trade through Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Namako
Namako: Sea Cucumber
September 1998, Coffee House Press
Paperback in English - 1st ed edition

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Edition Notes

Published in
Minneapolis, Saint Paul, MN

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3573.A7987 N3 1998, PS3573.A7987N3 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
256 p. ;
Number of pages
256

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL361055M
Internet Archive
namakoseacucumbe0000mcfe
ISBN 10
1566890756
LCCN
98021156
OCLC/WorldCat
38964248
Library Thing
188486
Goodreads
567634

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