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In Japan for the summer to practice the martial art of kempo, Lincoln sometimes feels like little more than a brown boy in a white gi. Yet with the help of his Japanese brother, Mitsuo, Lincoln sees that people everywhere, whether friend or kempo opponent, share passions much like his own—for baseball, family traditions, and new friendships.
Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends.
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Jennifer-anne Toth
reviewed Pacific Crossing on March 04, 2011
Pacific Crossing
After I began reading Pacific Crossing, I read a few reviews of the book. It appears to be popular with the teens but not so popular with adults. By the end of the book, I rather liked it.
It's a different kind of book. You can't use it to teach plot structure but it would be great for chronological order. It's the story of a boy's summer vacation in Japan. There're no real problems to be confronted or anything. There're no antagonists. No one is a hero; no one is a victim. It's just life. I found it charming.
The character doesn't grow much except in ways that I'd expect a young man to grow after experiencing a new culture. I think a lot of my students, especially those interested in Japan or Hispanics, would identify with Lincoln Mendoza.
It's a very multicultural book. Lincoln is growing up in a Hispanic neighborhood in San Francisco. He visits rural Japan--not exotic Tokyo (although he does visit Tokyo briefly). In Japan, he is immersed in gardening and kenpo, a martial art he was studying in San Francisco.
At the end of the book are two dictionaries. One contains Spanish words and vocabulary; the other contains a list of Japanese words and vocabulary. I can see my students learning new words and phrases and driving me crazy with their newfound knowledge.
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