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Vermont Reads 2009 |
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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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Office in Montpelier
11 Loomis Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 802.262.2626 Fax: 802.262.2620 E-mail: info@vermonthumanities.org |
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Welcome to Vermont Reads
Told from multiple points of view, When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka chronicles the heartbreaking evacuation experience of an unnamed Japanese-American family during World War II. Otsuka’s novel takes an unflinching and unsentimental look inside a stark shadow of America’s past: the Japanese-American internment camps.
When the Emperor Was Divine explores themes that invite discussion and extension activities: fear, loneliness, heroism, the American dream and its deferment, cultural divides, and how a family, a community, or a country responds when under duress.
Vermont Reads brings communities and people of all ages together to read a book and do activities centered around it. In 2008, fifty-eight communities took part in Vermont Reads A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost.
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Vermont Reads
When the Emperor Was Divine |
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A Statewide, One-Book Community Reading Program |
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Always, he would remember the dust. It was soft and white and chalky, like talcum powder. Only the alkaline made your skin burn. It took your voice away. The dust got into your shoes. Your hair. Your pants. Your mouth. Your bed. Your dreams.
– Ten-year-old boy relocated to Utah |
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UNDERWRITER |
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MEDIA SPONSOR |
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With support from the Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation |
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Vermont Reads
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