Books and Things: Courageous Footsteps: A WWII Novel by Diane Dettmann

http://www.kialta.us/books-blog/courageous-footsteps

Diane Dettmann is a Facebook and Twitter friend of Books and Things, so I'm very happy to recommend her book. It's based in WWII and about lives affected during the internment of people of Japanese descent in the USA. A very moving and thought-provoking book.

Great reviews!!

Available on amazon.com, bookdepository, fishpond.com.au, abebooks.co.uk
See the book presentation video, below

Fifteen-year-old Yasu Sakamoto loves living in Glenville, California, but Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 turns her young life into a devastating nightmare. Anti-Japanese threats appear everywhere-in store windows, painted across buildings and in her school. Her hopes and dreams unravel quickly when President Roosevelt orders the internment of all people of Japanese descent living along the West Coast. Within weeks her family is imprisoned in a camp in eastern California. Surrounded by barbwire fences and the constant watch of armed guards, Yasu and her older brother, Haro, struggle to accept the overcrowded living conditions and hardships of camp life. As time passes, the confinement, strict regulations and humiliation force them to make courageous choices that will change their lives forever.