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Of Nightingales That Weep is a historical novel for children by Katherine Paterson, published by Crowell in 1974. Set in medieval Japan, the novel tells the story of Takiko, the 11-year-old daughter of a slain samurai warrior. Takiko’s mother Read More..

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Description	Of Nightingales That Weep is a historical novel for children by Katherine Paterson, published by Crowell in 1974. Set in medieval Japan, the novel tells the story of Takiko, the 11-year-old daughter of a slain samurai warrior. Takiko’s mother remarries Goro, a gentle but unattractive potter/dwarf, whom Takiko fears. When she matures into adulthood, Takiko is able to find employment in the court of the Japanese emperor and falls in love with an enemy spy-Hideo. Eventually, she returns home and is able to reconcile her feelings towards Goro. “Katherine Paterson” by Alice B. McGinty, Google BooksOf Nightingales That Weep won the 1994 Phoenix Award from the Children's Literature Association as the best English-language children's book that did not win a major award when it was originally published twenty years earlier. The award is named after the mythical bird phoenix, which is reborn from its ashes, to suggest the book's rise from obscurity. "Phoenix Award Brochure 2012". Children's Literature Association. Retrieved 11 December 2012. (See also the current homepage "Phoenix Award".)
Description	Of Nightingales That Weep is a historical novel for children by Katherine Paterson, published by Crowell in 1974. Set in medieval Japan, the novel tells the story of Takiko, the 11-year-old daughter of a slain samurai warrior. Takiko’s mother remarries Goro, a gentle but unattractive potter/dwarf, whom Takiko fears. When she matures into adulthood, Takiko is able to find employment in the court of the Japanese emperor and falls in love with an enemy spy-Hideo. Eventually, she returns home and is able to reconcile her feelings towards Goro. “Katherine Paterson” by Alice B. McGinty, Google BooksOf Nightingales That Weep won the 1994 Phoenix Award from the Children's Literature Association as the best English-language children's book that did not win a major award when it was originally published twenty years earlier. The award is named after the mythical bird phoenix, which is reborn from its ashes, to suggest the book's rise from obscurity. "Phoenix Award Brochure 2012". Children's Literature Association. Retrieved 11 December 2012. (See also the current homepage "Phoenix Award".)

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Name	Of Nightingales That Weep
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Authors	Katherine Paterson
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Genre	Children's historical novel
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	170 pp (hardcover edition)
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Media_type	Print (hardcover)
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Isbn	978-0-690-00485-4
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Oclc	902835
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Publisher	Crowell
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Pub_date	1974
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