Gail R. (abigailsdaughter) reviewed on 5/20/2016 + 201 more book reviews

Amber is about 12, and her family relocates to Hawaii because her journalist father is sent by his newspaper. In her new school, Amber's best friend is Japanese, but among the American sailors stationed there, there is lots of anti-Japanese, anti-Buddhist prejudice. After the bombing, Amber's mother, a trained nurse, volunteers at school turned hospital, and Amber goes along to help. Blackouts, bomb shelters, victory gardens, and relocation of the Japanese (among them her friend)to isolation camps in the U.S. are all part of the story. Not outstanding, but a good fictional introduction to a part of American history. For school-aged children.

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