A diamond in the desert /
Fitzmaurice, Kathryn.
A diamond in the desert / Kathryn Fitzmaurice. - New York : Puffin Books, 2013, c2012. - 258 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255).
School Library Journal starred, February 2012 Publisher's Weekly, December 2011 Booklist, March 2012 Horn Book, November 2012 Kirkus Review, December 2011 Library Media Connection, August 2012 Catholic Library World, September 2012
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thirteen-year-old Tetsu and his family are sent to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona where a fellow prisoner starts a baseball team, but when Tetsu's sister becomes ill and he feels responsible, he stops playing.
5.0. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.
0142424374
Gila River Relocation Center--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Guilt--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.F5776 / Di 2012
[Fic]
A diamond in the desert / Kathryn Fitzmaurice. - New York : Puffin Books, 2013, c2012. - 258 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255).
School Library Journal starred, February 2012 Publisher's Weekly, December 2011 Booklist, March 2012 Horn Book, November 2012 Kirkus Review, December 2011 Library Media Connection, August 2012 Catholic Library World, September 2012
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thirteen-year-old Tetsu and his family are sent to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona where a fellow prisoner starts a baseball team, but when Tetsu's sister becomes ill and he feels responsible, he stops playing.
5.0. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.
0142424374
Gila River Relocation Center--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Guilt--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.F5776 / Di 2012
[Fic]