![]() ![]() The gentle text shows how, no matter how bleak the outlook, people can find ways to hope, dream, and endure. George’s reassurance that she is only human opens the door to love, marriage, and the birth of their first child in camp, a bubble of happiness in the midst of struggle. ![]() Tama, who revels in the power of words, struggles to name her overwhelming feelings. Book lover Tama finds solace volunteering in the camp library, where she is visited daily by George, a handsome young man with a seemingly insatiable appetite for reading. In Minidoka, families are crowded together, enduring harsh weather, barbed wire fences, the intimidating scrutiny of White armed guards, and the stress of unjust imprisonment. In a World War II incarceration camp for Japanese Americans, two young people find respite in one another. This story, inspired by the author’s grandparents, celebrates love blooming in the desert during a time of extreme duress. ![]()
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