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The Yamadas own a small grocery store where "Emi" works and dreams of someday going to College and becoming a teacher. The Yamadas are proud of their "American" life and their contribution to their new country. The people of Emiko's community have become the scapegoat for American fear, even though they are not responsible for the actions of a foreign country.
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The story follows the Yamadas as they are forced to sell or give away their possessions and home. When Roosevelt signs Executive Order , the army rounds everyone in Emi's community up.
Emi's father is taken away by the FBI to a special camp in Montana. She and her family remain here for three years.
When she was sixteen, Lisa married John and her life changed A storyline with a difference! For me this was an all embracing thoroughly good read. The people of Emiko's community have become the scapegoat for American fear, even though they are not responsible for the actions of a foreign country. See all member reviews. With an artist and writer for a father and ballet dancer for mother, Nicola was destined to go back to her creative roots. Meu perfil Enviar letra Mensagens Editar Sair. The plot unfolds in a natural way with the author keeping back pertinent secrets the family hold until just the right moment to suck the reader into the story.
While in Minidoka Emi's family is reunited with their father but he has become withdrawn. Her brothers take different sides when the government demands that they state their loyalty to the United States.
Grant wanting to prove his loyalty joins the Army. Tommy refuses to answer "yes" to the government's loyalty questions and is ostracized as a "No-No" boy.
Grant is killed by the Germans during the war.