
A Jar of Dreams is Yoshiko Uchida's work of unforgettable historical fiction about a young girl who grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930's, a time of great prejudice. Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a closely-knit...

A young girl grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930's, a time of great prejudice.


A young girl grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930's, a time of great prejudice.



An ingenious simplicity and grace mark the first person telling of the story of eleven-year-old Rinko and her Japanese family in Berkeley, California. Times are hard for everyone in 1935, but being Japanese is for Rinko an added burden. . . . Rinko in her guilelessness is genuine...


A young girl grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930's, a time of great prejudice.

