Puyallup, Washington

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (curricula)

Curricula
Family - blessing or curse, Growing up - pain or pleasure, Evils of racism, Lost love
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This teacher's guide supports the instructional use of the bestselling 2009 novel by Jamie Ford about a budding romance between a young Chinese American boy and a Japanese American girl, set in 1942 Seattle as aspects of World War II impact their lives. Appropriate for the middle/high school English/language arts classroom, and because of the setting, also social studies. The guide notes the novel is written at a seventh grade reading level.

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