Beneath the wide silk sky by Inouye Huey, Emily 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 469548 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.4 UG Lexile: 640 HL

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction

Subjects: Families - Fiction Japanese Americans - Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945 - Fiction Photography - Fiction Racism - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Washington (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: With the recent death of her mother and the possibility of her family losing their farm, Samantha Sakamoto does not have space in her life for dreams, but when faced with prejudice and violence in her Washington State community after Pearl Harbor, she is determined to use her photography to document the bigotry around her.

This light between us : a novel of World War II by Fukuda, Andrew Xia 

BTSB Prebound(Tor Teen, 2020)

BTSB #: 361464 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 5 MG+ Lexile: 690

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: United States.|bArmy.|bRegimental Combat Team, 442nd - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Japanese Americans - Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945 - Fiction Jews - France - Paris - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction

Summary: In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Levy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army.

This light between us : a novel of World War II by Fukuda, Andrew Xia 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2020)

BTSB #: P07984 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: United States.|bArmy. - Regimental Combat Team, 442nd - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Japanese Americans - Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945 - Fiction Jews - France - Paris - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction

Summary: In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Levy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army.