Above the East China Sea (Paperback)

from clprice

Sarah Bird has written a powerful tale of two teenage girls, in an interwoven narrative connecting their lives 70 years apart. Luz James is a U.S. Air force military brat living on Kadena Air Base in Okinawa with her Sergeant mother. Her older sister has just been killed in the Afghan war. Tamiko...

from Beamis12

A dual story line, two teenage girls, one Luz on a Okinawa military base in present day and the other Tamiko, living in Okinawa during World War II. These girl have more in common than is known at the books beginning. I found both stories fascinating and they are tied together seamlessly. He pres...

from luvrunnin

Having been stationed on Okinawa for 9 years, three different tours, I was excited to read this book. I must admit I almost put it down after reading some of the first dialogues of the teenagers. The teenagers portrayed did not talk like the military brats I'm surrounded 24/7. I came to enjoy the...

from Olivermagnus

Modern day Luz is a military dependent living in Okinawa. She's feeling emotionally crushed to the point of suicide by the recent death of her sister, Codie, in Afghanistan. Her family now consists only of Luz and her mother, who is also in Afghanistan on a temporary duty assignment. Luz is alone...

from Olivermagnus

Modern day Luz is a military dependent living in Okinawa. She's feeling emotionally crushed to the point of suicide by the recent death of her sister, Codie, in Afghanistan. Her family now consists only of Luz and her mother, who is also in Afghanistan on a temporary duty assignment. Luz is alone...