Sylvia and Aki Characters

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A Japanese American girl and a Mexican American girl hold dolls that look like them. They stand in a farmhouse bedroom.

Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling

By Liane Hicks

Sylvia & Aki is an award winning, historical fiction novel written in 2015. It tells the true story of an unexpected friendship between Sylvia Mendez and Aki Munemitsu, who found themselves at the center of two different systems of injustice in the United States in the 1940s. Engage and educate students with Storyboard That premade activities!




Sylvia & Aki

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Students can plot the characters of a book and write about each character's physical / personality traits, their interactions with others and the challenges they face.

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  • THE MENDEZ FAMILY
  • SYLVIA
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character change over time? What challenges does this character face?
  • MAIN CHARACTER
  • MOM
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character change over time? What challenges does this character face?
  • SUPPORTING
  • DAD
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
  • SUPPORTING
  • BROTHERS: GONZALO JR. AND JEROME
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
  • SUPPORTING
  • ATTORNEY MARCUS
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
  • SUPPORTING
  • AKI
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
  • MOM
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
  • POP
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
  • BROTHER: SEIKO
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
  • Physical/Character Traits: How does this character interact with the main character? What challenges does this character face?
  • MR. MONROE
  • THE MUNEMITSU FAMILY
  • MUNEMITSUPOSTON, ARIZONA13527
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