Description:Fifteen-year-old Yasu Sakamoto loves living in Glenville, California. Whether she’s sharing a hot fudge sundae with her friend Ruth at Floyd’s Burgers or visiting with her father at their family’s store, Yasu enjoys sharing her hopes and dreams. The news of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 turns her optimistic dreams into a devastating nightmare. At school, anti-Japanese threats appear everywhere—on Yasu’s locker, in classrooms and painted across buildings. Yasu’s life unravels quickly when President Roosevelt orders the internment of all people of Japanese descent living along the West Coast. Her family and the other Japanese residents in Glenville are transported to a desolate area in eastern California. Surrounded by barbwire fences and under the constant watch of armed guards, Yasu and her brother, Haro, struggle to accept the overcrowded living conditions and hardships they’re forced to endure. As time passes, the constant confinement and strict camp regulations push them into situations that require courageous choices that will change their lives forever.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Courageous Footsteps: A WWII Novel (Courageous Footsteps, #1). To get started finding Courageous Footsteps: A WWII Novel (Courageous Footsteps, #1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
326
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Outskirts Press
Release
2015
ISBN
147875558X
Courageous Footsteps: A WWII Novel (Courageous Footsteps, #1)
Description: Fifteen-year-old Yasu Sakamoto loves living in Glenville, California. Whether she’s sharing a hot fudge sundae with her friend Ruth at Floyd’s Burgers or visiting with her father at their family’s store, Yasu enjoys sharing her hopes and dreams. The news of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 turns her optimistic dreams into a devastating nightmare. At school, anti-Japanese threats appear everywhere—on Yasu’s locker, in classrooms and painted across buildings. Yasu’s life unravels quickly when President Roosevelt orders the internment of all people of Japanese descent living along the West Coast. Her family and the other Japanese residents in Glenville are transported to a desolate area in eastern California. Surrounded by barbwire fences and under the constant watch of armed guards, Yasu and her brother, Haro, struggle to accept the overcrowded living conditions and hardships they’re forced to endure. As time passes, the constant confinement and strict camp regulations push them into situations that require courageous choices that will change their lives forever.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Courageous Footsteps: A WWII Novel (Courageous Footsteps, #1). To get started finding Courageous Footsteps: A WWII Novel (Courageous Footsteps, #1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.