Title: Jar of Dreams Subtitle: READING Author: Yoshiko Uchida Illustrator: YOSHIKO UCHIDA Average number of words per page: more than 100 STORY: 19 readers have rated this story. Average story rating: 7.37/10.0 ILLUSTRATIONS: 19 readers have rated the illustrations. Average illustration rating: 5.67/10.0

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Story Rating 5.0 out of a possible 10.0

Book review by: LISSET VILLA age: 12 Review submitted on 01/26/2006 at 19:14:57 list all 19 reviews for this book

Illustrations Rating 5.0 out of a possible 10.0

LISSET VILLA writes the following about Jar of Dreams :

THESE BOOK TAKES PLACE IN THE 1930'S. A FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH A RACISM AND THEIR DAUGHTER JUST WANTS TO FIT IN LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. THIS FAMILY LIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY ALL HAVE DREAMS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FULFILL, BUT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS PAYING THERE BILLS AND THEY ALL HAVE TO USE THERE DREAMS AND HOPES. SUDDENLY THEIR LIVES CHANGE BY AUNT WAKA COMING TO STAY OVER THE SUMMER, SHE BRINGS WITH HER THE OLD-FASHIONED WISDOM OF JAPAN, SHE TEACHES RINKOS THE IMPORTANCE OF HER JAPANESE HERITAGE,AND THE VALUE OF HER OWN STRENGTHS AND DREAMS.

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