A review by emiged
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say

3.0

Beautifully illustrated , Grandfather's Journey tells of the love the author's grandfather and eventually the author felt for both Japan, the land of their birth, and California, their sometime adopted home. The grandfather is caught between two cultures and two worlds torn apart by World War II, and is never able to return to California. The grandson eventually visits California to see if it is as wonderful as his grandfather's descriptions and falls in love with it. However, "the funny things is, the moment I am in one country, I am homesick for the other." The book ends with a simple, sweet statement: "I think I know my grandfather now. I miss him very much."

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