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Red Lacquer Bridge Book

Book: $19.99

About "Red Lacquer Bridge"

Her great-aunt’s stories were the gateway to a mystery—she claimed to have taught at a school on an island, situated in the heart of the Los Angeles harbor. She described a Japanese fishing village complete with shops, a church, a temple, and a small elementary school.

But the village was gone, and no one seemed to know anything about it. Twenty-two years after the death of her Aunt Lucile, Maggie Shelton was given a small cardboard box. In it were treasures from 70 years before—evidence, at last, that her aunt’s stories were true. But instead of solving the mystery, the contents posed deeper and darker questions than before. Who had destroyed this village, leaving not a trace of the 500 homes and 3,000 people who had lived there? Why was it a secret? And where were the children whose sweet faces looked out from the photos her great-aunt had kept in the box?

The contents of that box led Maggie on a journey that ended with the discovery of a treasure her great-aunt had found two generations before her.

Songs of the Red Lacquer Bridge

CD: $6.99

Hear the music: "Songs of the Red Lacquer Bridge"

Music from a forgotten community—a collection of Japanese School Songs from the children of Terminal Island. Performed by the Red Lacquer Bridge Children's Choir • Judy Bohlen, Choral Director.

Songs on the CD:

1. Japanese National Anthem (Kimo Ga Yo)
2. The Rain (Para Para)
3. The Snail (Den Den Mushi Mushi)
4. Little Fish (Ogawa No Medaka)
5. Baby’s Boat (Donbura Gokko)
6. Hand in Hand (Otete)
7. Sunset (Yuuyake Koyake)
8. The Rabbit (Usagi)
9. Baby Sparrows (Suzume No Ko)
10. Spring is Coming (Harugakita)
11. The Old Flowerman (Hana Saka Jiisan)

The Red Lacquer Bridge
Children’s Choir Singers

Alex Hamagishi
Kyle Fujitani
Kaitlin Fujitani
Yammy Arega
Thomas Blocker
Esther Igu
Victoria Ferguson
Ivan Ferguson
Lauren Cochran
Glenn Cochran
Emily Waner
Tyler Waner
Jocelyn Waner
Erina Galanukan
Sophia Yamamoto
Andrea Yamamoto
Yukimi Konishi
Anthem performed by David Yamamoto

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Book and CD: $24.99 - save when you buy them together!

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