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A Diamond in the Desert

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Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, Feb 16, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 258 pages
For Tetsu, baseball is so much more than just a game

On December 6, 1941, Tetsu is a twelve-year-old California boy who loves baseball. On December 7, 1941, everything changes. The bombing of Pearl Harbor means Tetsu's Japanese-American family will be relocated to an internment camp.

Gila River camp isn't technically a prison, but with nowhere to go, nothing to do, and no time frame for leaving, it might as well be. So when someone has the idea of building a baseball diamond and starting a team, Tetsu is overjoyed. But then his sister gets dangerously sick, forcing him to choose between his family and his love of the game. This is an impeccably researched, lyrical story about baseball, honor, and a turbulent period in U.S. history.

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It has short chapters and good, quick pacing. - Goodreads
The author researched her subject thoroughly. - Goodreads
She also did other extensive research. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Kobe Lin - Goodreads

I think the book A Diamond in the Desert was an amazing book. I think it was really interesting because the setting takes place in a Japanese internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The ... Read full review

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User Review  - Ellen - Goodreads

A Diamond in the Desert tells the often forgotten story of Japanese Americans who were shuffled off to internment camps in a fit of post-Pearl Harbor paranoia. There in the desert, they looked for ... Read full review

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About the author (2012)

Kathryn Fitzmaurice (www.kathrynfitzmaurice.com) is also the author of The Year the Swallows Came Early. She lives with her husband, two sons, and her dog, Holly, in Monarch Beach, California.