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Author:

Fitzmaurice, Kathryn.

Title:

A diamond in the desert / by Kathryn Fitzmaurice.

Publisher:

Viking Children's Books,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

ISBN:

0670012920 (hardcover)
9780670012923 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)726620605

LCCN:

2011012041

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)

44SX715 -- South O'Brien Community School (Paullina)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)