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Title Statement | Love in the library / Maggie Tokuda-Hall ; illustrated by Yas Imamura. |
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Author | Tokuda-Hall, Maggie |
Additional Contributors | Imamura, Yasmin |
Publication | Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press,2022. |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 1 volume (unpaged) |
ISBN | 9781536204308 1536204307 |
Other Number | 4200322 |
General Notes | "Based on a true story of love and resilience at the Minidoka incarceration camp"--Dust jacket. |
Audience & Ratings | Ages 6-9. |
Summary | After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast--elderly people, children, babies--now live in prison camps like Minidoka. To be who she is has become a crime, it seems, and Tama doesn't know when or if she will ever leave. Trying not to think of the life she once had, she works in the camp's tiny library, taking solace in pages bursting with color and light, love and fairness. And she isn't the only one. George waits each morning by the door, his arms piled with books checked out the day before. As their friendship grows, Tama wonders: Can anyone possibly read so much? Is she the reason George comes to the library every day? Beautifully illustrated and complete with an afterword, back matter, and a photo of the real Tama and George--the author's grandparents--Maggie Tokuda-Hall's elegant love story for readers of all ages sheds light on a shameful chapter of American history. |
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By Topic | World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction--Concentration camps--United States |
Concentration camps--Juvenile fiction | |
Libraries--Juvenile fiction | |
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction--Japanese Americans | |
Japanese Americans--Juvenile fiction | |
By Location | Idaho--Juvenile fiction--History |
By Genre | Historical fiction |