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Sue OHara's weekend began on Friday in the usual way—in fun with her friend, Emily Andrews, and with her family—but Sunday was December 7, 1941, the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Because the Oharas were Japanese-Americans living in California, Sue's life changed completely and swiftly. Her father was taken in custody by the F. B. I.; and Sue, her mother, and brother Kim were moved to a Relocation Camp.
Life in camp, away from home and their many high school friends, was a strange new experience for Sue and Kim, and was only partly counterbalanced for Sue by her falling in love with Jiro Ito. Just as the Oharas were beginning to adjust to the camp at Santa Anita, everything seemed to happen at once. They were moved to another camp in Arizona. Mr. Ohara was released by the F. B. I. Kim was shot at by a misunderstanding American, and their brother in the Army was reported killed in action in Italy. Yet somehow, even in crowded, unnatural living conditions, surrounded by humorous and tragic happenings, both Sue and Kim were able to fight for and regain their faith in America.
—from the dust jacket
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