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Author Fitzmaurice, Kathryn.

Title A diamond in the desert / Kathryn Fitzmaurice.

Publication Info. New York : Viking Children's Books, 2012.
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Fiction  J FITZMAUR    DUE 05-17-24
 95th Street Juvenile Fiction  J FITZMAUR    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Fiction  J FITZMAUR    AVAILABLE
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Description 258 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 255).
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.0 4 150059
Note Accelerated Reader MG 5.0 4 150059
Subject Gila River Relocation Center -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
Baseball -- Juvenile fiction.
Guilt -- Juvenile fiction.
Local Subject BATTLE OF THE BOOKS DIST 203, 2012-2013
REBECCA CAUDILL AWARD [2015 NOMINEE]
ISBN 9780670012923 (hardcover)
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Children's Staff X
January 06 2014
The Japanese have just bombed Pearl Harbor. Tetsu and his mother are sent to an internment camp in the desert. They must leave behind anything that doesn’t fit in two small bags which includes Tetsu’s beloved dog. Tetsu has been a star on his baseball team, but there’s no team at the camp. He doesn’t even have a bat. When a man arrives at camp who was a baseball coach, he starts a project to create a diamond and field a team. A story of hard times and the joys of team work and team play helping a kid cope with a life interrupted. Grades 4 – 6. ab
SRP 2013 X
August 13 2013
SRP 2013 REVIEW: I thought this book was very well written. It kept my interest because I liked learning about the Japanese-Americans during World War 2.
SRP 2012 X
August 28 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: Really enjoyed this book about a time in the US that we allowed fear to take over our better judgement. The characters went through a difficult time with dignity and honor. A type of historical fiction.
SRP 2012 X
August 27 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: I like how the main character loves playing baseball just like me!
SRP 2012 X
August 21 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: it shows the condition of relocation camps for japaneese-americans
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