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Kelly Shaw
Modern World Cultures - 11
AP US History - 10
AP World History - 11
Brandywine Heights High School - PA
Twenty-four Eyes is a surprising read. When I first began reading I thought it was incredibly simple and way too low for high school students then as I went along I realized how deep this book goes. There is a lot of subtlety and nuance to the seemingly easy read. Characters are much more than they seem. Events have deep meaning where you would originally just brush them off as insignificant.
I am committed to reading across the curriculum and will be starting a project where students choose a country and keep up with it via news and a long work - fiction or non-fiction. This book is great for students wanting to study Japan but not wanting what they think of as a typical pre/post WWII read. I wish I could have everyone read this and be able to discuss it as a class.
