Mitsi’s voice remains determined and strong even when she’s struggling and balancing so many issues. She finds solace in her artwork and writing. Mitsi feels the prejudice from her best friends who begin to bully her with facial expressions, racial slurs and nasty notes. Larson’s characters are well-developed. Why I like this book: Kirby Larson has created a strong heart-felt connection for her readers with Mitsi’s attachment to Dash. Dash adds an authentic touch to this deeply emotional story about a dark period in America’s history. Larson shows Mitsi going to school, playing with her two best friends until the attack occurs on Pearl Harbor occurs. Bowker sends Mitsi weekly letters from Dash. Mitsi’s strong family ties and her letters from Dash give her hope that one day she will be reunited with her pet. Bowker, an older neighbor who cares for him. They are relocated to two different concentration camps that are overcrowded, unhealthy, and surrounded by tall fences. Mitsi is forced to leave her dog, Dash, with Mrs.
Synopsis: After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, friends, schoolmates, community and her beloved dog, Dash. There is a lot of fear in America. Because Mitsi is of American-Japanese descent, she and her family are forced to pack their suitcases and are evacuated from their home. |a World War, 1939-1945 |z United States |v Juvenile fiction.
|a Japanese Americans |x Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 |v Juvenile fiction. |a Japanese Americans |x Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 |v Fiction. |a Minidoka Relocation Center |v Juvenile fiction. |a Minidoka Relocation Center |v Fiction. |a Thirteen-year-old Piper Davis records in her diary her experiences beginning in December 1941 when her brother joins the Navy, the United States goes to war, she attempts to document her life through photography, and her father-the pastor for a Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle-follows his congregants to an Idaho internment camp, taking her along with him. |a The fences between us : |b the diary of Piper Davis / |c by Kirby Larson.
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