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Author:

Fitzmaurice, Kathryn.

Title:

A diamond in the desert / Kathryn Fitzmaurice.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2012

Description:

258 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Gila River Relocation Center--Juvenile fiction.
Baseball--Juvenile fiction.
Guilt--Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Gila River Relocation Center--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Guilt--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Gila River Relocation Center--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Guilt--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255).

Summary:

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.

Indexed by:

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
School Library Journal starred
Publisher's Weekly
Booklist

ISBN:

0329972979
9780329972974 (Follett bdg.)
0142424374
9780142424377 (pbk.)

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

63SX755 -- MMCRU-Remsen PreK-8 (Remsen)