House of the Red Fish by Graham SalisburyWritten by Adrian Keller-MillerHouse of the Red Fish, the sequel to Under the Blood Red Sun, continues the story of Tomi Nakaji’s struggles after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Tomi’s family immigrated to the United States from Japan, and now that Pearl Har...
Something about this book has always intrigued me. After I read it, I knew why. This book has every element my middle school kids look for in a book. Baseball, gangs, bullies, strained family relationships, puppies, and misunderstood adolescents are the markers that will make the book familiar. ...
Eddy Okana lies about his age and joins the Army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers.Then the Army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American...