Den 12-årige Yuriko har et privilegeret liv. Hun bor i Hiroshima sammen med sin far, tante og kusine, har en bedste ven, der er som en søster, og nyder skolen. Da Yuriko opdager information om hendes fortid, og kort efter atombomben er kastet over hendes by, går hele hendes verden tilsyneladende til en ende.
Få eleverne til at oprette en begyndelses-, mellem- og slutresumé af The Last Cherry Blossom af Kathleen Burkinshaw.
Storyboard Tekst
BEGINNING
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That's not right. That's not right.
MIDDLE
Nishimoto is your father.
No! No! You're lying! That's not true!
END
Yuirko’s teacher reacts strangely to her family tree project and says, “that’s not right.” When her papa finds out, Yuriko’s teacher doesn’t return and Yuriko wonders why.
Yuriko discovers that Papa is actually her grandfather, and her Aunt Kimiko is actually her mother. Yuriko is hurt that this secret was kept from her, and wonders why no one told her the truth.
The atomic bomb is dropped on the city of Hiroshima, and Yuriko loses her family and best friend, in one way or another, as a direct result of the attack. She attends a boarding school, makes new friends, and meets up with her birth father.