Can Sumiko and Emi maintain their friendship when one of them is forced into a confinement camp, and the other is allowed to remain free? It's the storytellers who preserve a nation's history. When an arbitrary dividing line is drawn through Phoenix, the girls find themselves on opposite sides. Suddenly the girls are faced with anti-Japanese sentiment from classmates and neighbors. But everything changes after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, and the United States enters World War II. In spite of her first-day jitters, she finds a friendly face in Emi Kuno. Can Sumiko and Emi maintain their friendship when one of them is imprisoned and the other remains free? It's August 1941 when Sumiko Adachi starts at a new school in Phoenix, Arizona. When an arbitrary dividing line is drawn through Phoenix, Sumiko finds herself forced into a confinement camp. Sumiko Adachi's life changes after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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