Chrysanthemum Girl

By Frances Snyder

Atsuko Oshiro is seventeen years old, and her life is falling apart. She’s always lived on a farm and is used to hard work. But now it’s much more difficult. Her country, Japan, has been at war the entire time she has been a teenager. As Japan marches toward defeat, the government enacts increasingly harsh policies. Food and supplies become scarce; people go hungry. Atsuko’s dream of a university education vanishes when her school closes. The army confiscates their livestock

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781640967830