ABSTRACT
This conclusion chapter presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters. It reviews Toshi Marukis bold choice of topic for a picture book and her powerful visual representation of horror beyond imagination. The chapter examines children's and young adult literature from various perspectives: history, censorship, fiction versus informational books, children's developmental needs, library service to youth, and so on. It explains Americans efforts to educate youth about Chinese culture through many exquisitely illustrated folktales and Chinese New Year books. By analyzing Chinese story books in the popular format of lian huan hua and American juvenile fiction about the Sino-Japanese War, this comparative study witnesses a common pattern of passing memories of the war to younger generations. In the United States, the narrative space for ethnic Chinese wartime experiences expanded or contracted in a racialized society that perpetuated Asian Americans alien identity.
