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Larson, Kirby.

The fences between us : the diary of Piper Davis / Kirby Larson. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic, 2010. - 313 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. - Dear America . - Dear America. .

"Seattle, Washington, 1941"--Cover.

Booklist, July 2010 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2010 Kirkus Review, August 2010

Thirteen-year-old Piper Davis records in her diary her experiences beginning in December 1941, when her brother joins the Navy and the United States goes to war, and as she attempts to document her life through photography, her father--the pastor for a Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle--follows his congregants to an Idaho internment camp, taking her along with him. Includes historical notes.

5.0 5-8 Follett Library Resources



ISBN: 0545224187

LCCN: 2009044972

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Minidoka Relocation Center--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Photography--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Diary fiction.
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.L32394 / Fe 2010

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]