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"Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans. The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago, where Aki's older sister, Rose, was sent months earlier and moved to the new...
2) Evergreen
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Japantown mysteries volume 2
A Japantown mystery volume 2
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Japantown mystery volume 02
A Japantown mystery volume 2
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Japantown mystery volume 02
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"Los Angeles, 1946: It's been two years since Aki Ito and her family were released from Manzanar detention center and resettled in Chicago with other Japanese Americans. Now the Itos have finally been allowed to return home to California--but nothing is as they left it. The entire Japanese American community is starting from scratch, with thousands of people living in dismal refugee camps while they struggle to find new houses and jobs in over-crowded...
3) Silent honor
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At the heart of Silent Honor is an 18-year-old student named Hiroko Takashimaya. Sent to California from Japan by her father, Hiroko is caught in the midst of a terrifying conflict when the bombs fall on Pearl Harbor. Suddenly, she becomes an enemy in a foreign land and she cannot go home. Along with thousands of others, she must forsake her freedom. For Hiroko, internment is especially cruel. She and young American Peter Jenkins are in love. Now...
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