Nora & Kettle (Paper Starts #1)
Publisher
Clean Teen Publishing
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9781634221351
Pages
347 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Set in 1953, Nora & Kettle explores the collision of two teenagers facing extraordinary adversity. Kettle, an orphaned Japanese American, is struggling to make a life in the aftermath of an event in history not often referred to--the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the removal of children from orphanages for having "one drop of Japanese blood in them." Nora, the daughter of a civil rights lawyer who is building a compensation case for the interned Japanese Americans, is barely surviving her violent home and dreams of a life outside of the brownstone walls. Their meeting is inevitable, devastating and ultimately healing.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Family member death, Interracial; Orphanage; death of a mother; orphan
Main Character
boy and girl
Race/Ethnicities
Japanese American / White
Family Formation
orphan; single father
Keywords
Japanese American; dysfunctional families; friendship; family problems
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Taylor, Lauren Nicolle, "Nora & Kettle (Paper Starts #1)" (2015). Diverse Families. 615.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/615