*This book was provided as a digital galley by NetGalley, HMH Books for Young Readers, and YALLStayHome.
Goodreads Summary:
“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the guard towers, the city, the country that hates us.
We are not free.
But we are not alone.”
Fourteen teens who have grown up together in Japantown, San Francisco.
Fourteen teens who form a community and a family, as interconnected as they are conflicted.
Fourteen teens whose lives are turned upside down when over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry are removed from their homes and forced into desolate incarceration camps.
In a world that seems determined to hate them, these young Nisei must rally together as racism and injustice threaten to pull them apart.
My Review:
I was intrigued by this book. Fourteen different POVs from people with all different problems except for one: the racism that got them where they were. This book was very good. It provided what I know to be historically accurate outcomes, made me feel for the characters, and more. This book was sad and unfortunate, but it’s a very good read. I cried a little bit towards the end of the book. I loved how the stories weaved together to create a bond between every character.
I would recommend this book to people who like historical fiction, but also others. I don’t love historical fiction, but this was worth the read and I thought it was really good. This book points out the racism during World War II, the aspect people sometimes forget, and Traci Chee did an amazing job doing so.
Overall, I would give this book…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
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