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. 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. The Friendship Doll and Dear America: The Fences Between Us. Soon, Piper is greeted by another grim reality-the incarceration of her Japanese neighbors. Kirby Larson is the acclaimed author of the 2007 Newbery Honor book Hattie.
Audience Middle Grade Readers Young Adult. 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. The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 by Filed Under. One fateful day in December 1941, Piper Davis awaits news of her brother, a soldier on the battleship Arizona stationed in Pearl Harbor. The inclusion of an historical note, web resources, and an audio clip from President Roosevelt's speech about "the day that shall live in infamy" make this powerful audiobook even more robust.-Stephanie A.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 scenes in the Japanese internment camps are heartbreaking, and Piper's confusion, anger, and frustration is palpable.
Among the most powerfully expressed emotions are those that Piper feels as she tries to understand what is happening to her Japanese friends as a result of newly imposed government regulations. Listeners will hold their breath along with Piper as she awaits the fate of her brother and his friends.
Each event that Piper and her family must face-from her sister needing to find a job and ultimately marrying her boyfriend before he gets deployed to the food and materials rationing they must endure-is clearly conveyed through her diary entries and Davis's narration. With Elaina Erika Davis's poignant pacing and clearly voiced characterizations, listeners will feel the emotional torments and celebrations that Piper experiences in this historical novel by Kirby Larson (Scholastic, 2010). 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. Gr 5-8-Piper Davis, the 13-year-old daughter of a pastor for a Japanese Baptist church, shares her diary as she goes from worrying about when her father will let her date and wear lipstick to agonzing about her older brother who was stationed at Pearl Harbor on the Arizona when it was attacked on December 7, 1941.
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