Stephanie Morrill

This story was gripping and instantly pulled you into the 1940s in California shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It deals with a relatively unknown topic: the treatment of Americans with Japanese ancestry. This subject is not discussed in schools and rarely appears in books. With WWII, YA being my favorite sub-genre within YA, I knew that I would love this book, and I was not wrong!
I enjoyed reading this book but I wish that there was more interactions that we see happening instead of just through the letters. I felt like there were a lot of loose ends such as when Evalina went to school and did not get along with the professor. We never find out what happened, we only know that she graduated from college.
Evalina had a strong go-getter type of personality that was fun to read about. Girls don't go into politics so she did. She was not supposed to like a Japanese boy, but she did.
Taichi had a very enjoyable family and the dynamics were perfect.
The ending of this book was fantastic and wrapped up the story in a nice conclusion that made me want more.

Personal Rating: 4.5 Stars
Content Rating: 4 Stars

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