A Diamond in the Desert

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After the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Tetsu's father is taken away by the FBI. Not long after that he, his mother, and his sister, Kimi, are taken to an internment camp. They have to leave their home and dog in California, taking only a few belongings with them to the barracks in Arizona. The hot ...

from jepeters333

Twelve-year-old Tetsu eats, sleeps, and breathes baseball. It's all he ever thinks about. But after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tetsu and his family are forced from their home into an internment camp in the Arizona desert with other Japanese Americans, and baseball becomes the last thing on his ...

from Sullywriter

A fine work of historical fiction, moving and often poignant.

from librarybrandy

Possibly a little young for 8th grade, and more of a baseball book set in an internment camp than an internment camp book in itself. Very, very fast read, but not sure this is hitting the notes the 8th grade teachers will be looking for.