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Little Tokyo Branch Library Honors Writer At Luncheon
The award-winning author, Cynthia Kadohata, will be honored at the 33rd Author Recognition Luncheon on Sept. 7 at 12:30 p.m.
From the Los Angeles Public Library: Cynthia Kadohata, Newbery Award-winning author of A Place to Belong, will be honored at the 33nd Author Recognition Luncheon on Saturday, September 7, at 12:30 p.m. at the Little Tokyo Branch Library, 203 S. Los Angeles St., James Sherod, the Branch’s Senior Librarian announced today.
“This annual event celebrates the outstanding literary achievements of our community," Sherod said. "This year, we honor Kadohata, whose compelling work explores themes of identity and helps preserve the memories of what many Japanese American families experienced in the 1940s."
A Place to Belong tells the story of Hanako, a 12-year-old Japanese American girl, and her family, who are released from a camp after World War II. After giving up their American citizenship, they move back to Hiroshima, only to find a war-torn city devastated by the A-bomb.
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Kadohata is a Japanese American children's writer best known for her young adult novel Kira-Kira, which won the Newbery Medal in 2005. She won the National Book Award in Young People's Literature in 2013 for The Thing About Luck.
The luncheon is sponsored by the Library and the Friends of Little Tokyo Branch Library. Admission to the program is free. Bento lunches will be available for sale at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $12 for Friends members, and $15 for non-members. Free valet parking is available, with library validation, at STOA apartments on Los Angeles Street.
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