Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden

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White Raven Award of the International Youth Library winner, 2000

A CCBC Our Choice Book

Recipient of The Storytelling World Honor Title, 2000

Notable Book, Social Studies, Children’s Books Council

    “I can handle your garden, Mr. Hiroshi,” I offered.

    He smiled. “That would give me great comfort, Mary,” he said. “The koi are
    greedy, you know. Do not let them get fat.” We watched the bus drive away.

For Mary, too young to fully remember about war and far-off places, the promise was once meant to last only until Mr. Hiroshi came back. But after a even as it was once clear that her friend wouldn’t be coming home. Still, Mary faithfully kept her word all the way through that long summer. And when the new people came to live in Mr. Hiroshi’s house, she knew exactly what to do.

A tale as elegant as a Japanese garden!

Another time, Maxine Trottier takes a small piece of a bigger story, nurtures it with care, and grows a tale as elegant as a Japanese Garden. Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden is a straightforward story of innocence and friendship set against a backdrop of fear and suspicion. A story that should be told and told again-but never allowed to recur.

Originally published as Flags.

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