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Yoko, is an eleven-year old Japanese girl living in with her family in Korea. However, as far as she is concerned, her home is Korea. She is Korean. But when the World War II ends, the Korean people want control of the country again. Yoko, her sister and mother must leave the country they called home. Many adventures both terrible and amazing lead this family to the country of nationality, where they are the strangers. Based on Watkins own story, So Far From the Bamboo Grove is a beautiful, wonderful and fantastic look at another side of war. The human side. The sequel, My Brother, My Sister and I is as amazing and powerful as the first.

Though Japanese, eleven-year-old Yoko has lived with her family in northern Korea near the border with China all her life. But when the Second World War comes to an end, Japanese on the Korean peninsula are suddenly in terrible danger; the Korean people want control of their homeland and they want to punish the Japanese, who have occupied their nation for many years. Yoko, her mother and sister are forced to flee from their beautiful house with its peaceful bamboo grove. Their journey is terrifying -- and remarkable. It's a true story of courage and survival.

192 pages