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Caught Between Two Worlds: Themes of Family, Community, and Ethnic Identity in Yoshiko Uchida's Works for Children

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Harada, V.H. Caught Between Two Worlds: Themes of Family, Community, and Ethnic Identity in Yoshiko Uchida's Works for Children. Children's Literature in Education 29, 19–30 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022430528978

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