Thirteen-year-old, Southern California surfer Yumi Ruiz-Hirsch is a unique mix of Jewish, Japanese, and Cuban heritage; and when her grandfather, Saul, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she asks him to tell her his life story in order to better understand her own history.
year: 2008, 2009
call number/section: 1000, 7
subjects: individuality, fiction, racially mixed people, grandfathers, family life, southern california, fiction, identity (psychology), juvenile fiction, families, identity, identity (philosophical concept), california, southern, juvenile fiction
Editions
Garc?a, Cristina
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2008)
Thirteen-year-old, Southern California surfer Yumi Ruiz-Hirsch is a unique mix of Jewish, Japanese, and Cuban heritage; and when her grandfather, Saul, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she asks him to tell her his life story in order to better understand her own history.
Schools: 2
Garc?a, Cristina
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2009)
Thirteen-year-old, Southern California surfer Yumi Ruiz-Hirsch is a unique mix of Jewish, Japanese, and Cuban heritage; and when her grandfather, Saul, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she asks him to tell her his life story in order to better understand her own history.
Schools: 2