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This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II
Andrew Fukuda
Illustrator: Euan Cook
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
ISBN: 978-1-250-19238-7
Keywords: Racism, Internment, Japanese American, Holocaust
Leaving Manzanar, Japanese American Alex enlist in an all-Nisei combat unit, hoping to find his French Jewish pen-pal, who has disappeared. Black/white illustrations, back matter.