Yuriko, 12 ans, a une vie privilégiée. Elle vit à Hiroshima avec son père, sa tante et son cousin, a une meilleure amie qui est comme une sœur et aime l'école. Lorsque Yuriko découvre des informations sur son passé, et peu de temps après le largage de la bombe atomique sur sa ville, tout son monde prend apparemment fin.
Demandez aux élèves de créer un résumé du début, du milieu et de la fin de The Last Cherry Blossom de Kathleen Burkinshaw.
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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.