FROM SARAH:

This is a powerful YA historical fiction about a young Japanese-American girl and her family in a small town in Western Washington, where they've carved out their lives through hard labor and loss. Then the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 happens, and everything changes. I was absolutely riveted by this powerful and inspiring story.

I appreciated the author's note about her own family's history and how the internment of Japanese-Americans in the 1940s impacted them. This book was clean, though deals with mature topics, particularly regarding racism and assault, discretion advised.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

Stunning, devastating, poignant: Debut author Emily Inouye Huey paints an intimate portrait of the racism faced by America's Japanese population during WWII. Perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Sharon Cameron.