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Captures the resilience of human dignity and optimism. . . . A powerful must-read. Booklist

During World War II, Tama is sent to live in an incarceration camp in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast elderly people, children, babies now live in camps like Minidoka. To be who she is has become a crime, and Tama doesn't know when or if she will ever leave. Trying not to think of the life she once had, she works in the incarceration camp's tiny library, taking solace in pages bursting with colour and light, love and fairness. And she isn't the only one. George waits each morning by the door, his arms piled with books checked out the day before. As their friendship grows, Tama wonders: Can anyone possibly read so much? Is she the reason George comes to the library every day? Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura's beautifully illustrated, elegant love story features a photo of the real Tama and George the author's grandparents and an unflinching a

Love in the Library

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    A Paperback by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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      Publisher Walker Books
      Imprint Walker Books Ltd
      Published 8 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781529520385
      978-1529520385
      ISBN-10 152952038X
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      Baby, Toddler & Pre-School

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Captures the resilience of human dignity and optimism. . . . A powerful must-read. Booklist

      During World War II, Tama is sent to live in an incarceration camp in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast elderly people, children, babies now live in camps like Minidoka. To be who she is has become a crime, and Tama doesn't know when or if she will ever leave. Trying not to think of the life she once had, she works in the incarceration camp's tiny library, taking solace in pages bursting with colour and light, love and fairness. And she isn't the only one. George waits each morning by the door, his arms piled with books checked out the day before. As their friendship grows, Tama wonders: Can anyone possibly read so much? Is she the reason George comes to the library every day? Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura's beautifully illustrated, elegant love story features a photo of the real Tama and George the author's grandparents and an unflinching a

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