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A place where sunflowers grow = A place where sunflowers grow = Amy Lee-Tai While she and her family are interned at Topaz Relocation Center during World War II, Mari gradually adjusts as she enrolls in an art class, makes a friend, plants sunflowers and waits for them to gr… OL12271790W
Toward the sunrise Toward the sunrise Judith Pella In the summer of 1942, on three different continents, the daughters of newspaper tycoon Keagan Hayes are caught in chaos within and without. Though all have come to a personal faith, they are thrown … OL16070095W
Bridge of scarlet leaves Bridge of scarlet leaves Kristina McMorris Violinist Maddie elopes with Lane Moritomo, the ambitious son of Japanese immigrants, but after Pearl Harbor is bombed, Lane is seen as the enemy and she must sacrifice her Juilliard ambitions when h… OL16643999W
The Buddha in the Attic The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka The story of young Japanese women coming to the United States for a better life and their experiences in America. OL16811756W
China Dolls China Dolls Lisa See "The New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony In Love, Shanghai Girls, and Dreams of Joy returns with her highly anticipated new novel. A bold and bittersweet story … OL17722181W
A girl like you A girl like you Maureen Lindley After her dad's killed fighting at Pearl Harbor, Satomi and her mother are sent to a Japanese internment camp where--despite the harsh conditions and complete lack of privacy--she finds a community f… OL17922494W
Sophie and the rising sun Sophie and the rising sun Augusta Trobaugh A radiant novel that gets the rhythms and cadences of small-town life exactly right. An unforgettable story of a time when the world lost its innocence--and of a town that finds its redemption in an … OL1930997W
Ink & ashes Ink & ashes Valynne E. Maetani "When Japanese American Claire Takata finds out that her deceased father was once a member of the yakuza, a Japanese crime syndicate, danger enters her life that could end up killing someone"-- OL19670571W
Silent honor Silent honor Danielle Steel The drama of a young Japanese woman, Hiroko, who comes to the U.S. to attend college and falls in love with a white American, Peter. Their romance is shattered by Pearl Harbor. He goes off to war, sh… OL19715W
Letters to memory Letters to memory Karen Tei Yamashita Letters to Memory is an excursion through the Japanese internment using archival materials from the Yamashita family as well as a series of epistolary conversations with composite characters represen… OL19718827W
Four-four-two Four-four-two Dean Hughes Forced into an internment camp at the start of World War II, eighteen-year-old Yuki enlists in the Army to fight for the Allies as a member of the "Four-Four-Two," a segregated Japanese American regi… OL19793429W
The sun gods The sun gods Jay Rubin In 1939, a widowed minister with a young son falls in love with and marries a woman who is a recent immigrant from Japan. In the wake of Pearl Harbor, the family is soon torn apart by the impacts of … OL20004550W
Harmless like you Harmless like you Rowan Hisayo Buchanan '"This brilliant debut novel by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is cause for celebration."--Lorrie Moore. Written in startlingly beautiful prose, Harmless Like You is set across New York, Berlin, and Connectic… OL20052939W
The Age of Dreaming The Age of Dreaming Nina Revoyr Jun Nakayama was a silent film star in the early days of Hollywood, but by 1964, he finds himself living in complete obscurity—until a young writer, Nick Bellinger, tracks him down for an interview. … OL2751813W
Mismatch Mismatch Lensey Namioka Their families clash when a Japanese-American teenaged boy starts dating a Chinese-American teenaged girl. OL41673W
Akiko in the Sprubly Islands (Akiko) Akiko in the Sprubly Islands (Akiko) Mark Crilley In this companion novel to Akiko on the Planet Smoo, fourth-grade earthling Akiko and her odd team are on a journey to save the kidnapped Prince Froptoppit from the evil Alia Rellapor. Unfortunately,… OL456788W
Hard rain Hard rain Barry Eisler "In Hard Rain, Eisler's second novel, the lethal assassin John Rain is back. Half Japanese, half American, raised in both countries but at home in neither, Rain is trying to leave his life as a freel… OL5727472W
Hiroshima Dreams Hiroshima Dreams Kelly Easton Lin can't explain the knowledge she has of the future, of what people will say or what will happen. It's a gift she shares with Obaasan, her grandmother, who has recently come from Japan to live with… OL5836234W
Flags Flags Maxine Trottier I will take care of your garden, Mr. hiroshi," I offered. He smiled. "That would give me great comfort, Mary," he said. "The koi are greedy, you know. Do not let them get fat." We watched the bus d… OL705548W
Snow Falling on Cedars Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson On San Piedro, an island of rugged, spectacular beauty in Puget Sound, home to salmon fishermen and strawberry farmers, a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial, charged with murder. The year is 19… OL8036957W
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