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Beneath the Wide Silk Sky

Emily Inouye Huey
4.42/5 (810 ratings)
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A portrait of the racism faced by America's Japanese population during WWII.

Sam Sakamoto doesn't have space in her life for dreams. With the recent death of her mother, Sam's focus is the farm, which her family will lose if they can't make one last payment. There's no time for her secret and unrealistic hope of becoming a photographer, no matter how skilled she's become. But Sam doesn't know that an even bigger threat looms on the horizon.

On December 7, 1941, Japanese airplanes attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. Fury towards Japanese Americans ignites across the country. In Sam's community in Washington State, the attack gives those who already harbor prejudice an excuse to hate.

As Sam's family wrestles with intensifying discrimination and even violence, Sam forges a new and unexpected friendship with her neighbor Hiro Tanaka. When he offers Sam a way to resume her photography, she realizes she can document the bigotry around her -- if she’s willing to take the risk. When the United States announces that those of Japanese descent will be forced into "relocation camps," Sam knows she must act or lose her voice forever. She engages in one last battle to leave with her identity -- and her family -- intact.

Emily Inouye Huey draws inspiration from her own family history.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
336 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Scholastic
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
1338789961
ISBN13:
9781338789966
kindle Asin:
B09S8Y66JJ

Beneath the Wide Silk Sky

Emily Inouye Huey
4.42/5 (810 ratings)
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A portrait of the racism faced by America's Japanese population during WWII.

Sam Sakamoto doesn't have space in her life for dreams. With the recent death of her mother, Sam's focus is the farm, which her family will lose if they can't make one last payment. There's no time for her secret and unrealistic hope of becoming a photographer, no matter how skilled she's become. But Sam doesn't know that an even bigger threat looms on the horizon.

On December 7, 1941, Japanese airplanes attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. Fury towards Japanese Americans ignites across the country. In Sam's community in Washington State, the attack gives those who already harbor prejudice an excuse to hate.

As Sam's family wrestles with intensifying discrimination and even violence, Sam forges a new and unexpected friendship with her neighbor Hiro Tanaka. When he offers Sam a way to resume her photography, she realizes she can document the bigotry around her -- if she’s willing to take the risk. When the United States announces that those of Japanese descent will be forced into "relocation camps," Sam knows she must act or lose her voice forever. She engages in one last battle to leave with her identity -- and her family -- intact.

Emily Inouye Huey draws inspiration from her own family history.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
336 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Scholastic
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
1338789961
ISBN13:
9781338789966
kindle Asin:
B09S8Y66JJ

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