Baseball Saved Us Dom Lee (Illustrator), Ken Mochizuki (Author) When a Japanese-American boy and his family are interned in a camp during WWII, they decide to combat their depression by building a baseball field. During a game the boy channels his humiliation--both from being a prisoner and from being a bad player--to anger, giving him the strength to hit a game-winning home run. [Grade Level: 2 - 4]
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Heroes Dom Lee (Illustrator), Ken Mochizuki (Author) A Japanese-American boy's playmates insist that he always play the "bad guy" in their war games until the boy's father and uncle intervene by showing up at the playground in their WW II uniforms. [Grade Level: K - 3]
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Journey Home Dom Lee (Illustrator), Keurhee Lee (Illustrator), Lawrence McKay (Author) A young girl accompanies her mother as she returns to the country of her birth, Vietnam, to learn about her past. [Grade Level: K - 3]
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Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story Dom Lee (Illustrator), Ken Mochizuki (Author) The story of a Japanese diplomat living in Lithuania who issued thousands of visas to Jewish refugees - against the orders of his government. [Grade Level: 2 - 4]
