Young Readers Historical fiction
Tomi was born in Hawaii, parents born in Japan.WWII seems far away , but after Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese and US declares war on Japan, Tomi must be the man of his family. A side story is the eight grade baseball team and the loyalty of friends on the team.
Tomi was born in Hawaii, parents born in Japan.WWII seems far away , but after Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese and US declares war on Japan, Tomi must be the man of his family. A side story is the eight grade baseball team and the loyalty of friends on the team.
fabulous for 9 and up--very powerful story
Torn between his love of all things American and the traditional ways of his parents and grandparents, a young Japanese American comes of age during the political upheaval of WWII.