Audience Middle Grade Readers Young Adult. Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings us the first new Dear America diary in years, taking readers through the attack on Pearl Harbor, the start of World War II, and the Japanese incarceration. |a World War, 1939-1945 |z United States |v Juvenile fiction. The first new Dear America diary in years, by award-winning author Kirby Larson, brings World War II to life Format: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNarrator: TBAWith this sweeping tale of life on the homefront during World War II, Newbery honor author Kirby Larson brings her incredible talent to the Dear America series. |a Japanese Americans |x Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 |v Juvenile fiction.

|a Japanese Americans |x Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 |v Fiction.

|a Minidoka Relocation Center |v Juvenile fiction. |a Minidoka Relocation Center |v Fiction. |a Thirteen-year-old Piper Davis records in her diary her experiences beginning in December 1941 when her brother joins the Navy, the United States goes to war, she attempts to document her life through photography, and her father-the pastor for a Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle-follows his congregants to an Idaho internment camp, taking her along with him. She resents being uprooted, but as she learns about the harsh and heartbreaking realities of war, Piper begins to understand that she has the power to make a difference.|a The fences between us : |b the diary of Piper Davis / |c by Kirby Larson. Piper's father, a pastor for a Japanese Baptist church, decides to follow his congregants when they are sent to an incarceration campy, bringing Piper along with him. Soon, Piper is greeted by another grim reality-the incarceration of her Japanese neighbors. Explosions rule the earth and sky, and Piper wonders what will become of her brother, and of her life in Seattle, as rationing and blackouts take hold.

One fateful day in December 1941, Piper Davis awaits news of her brother, a soldier on the battleship Arizona stationed in Pearl Harbor. Dedication ' This book is dedicated to all the nearly 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were incarcerated in the ten War Relocation Camps during World War II, but especially to those in Minidoka.' Book description ' My name is Piper.

The Fences Between Us by Kirby Larson