THIS LIGHT BETWEEN US: A NOVEL OF WORLD WAR II
From award-winning YA author Andrew Fukuda comesĀ This Light Between Us, a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen palsāa Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girlāas they fight to maintain hope in a time of war.
āI remember visiting Manzanar and standing in the windswept plains where over tenĀ thousand internees were once imprisoned, their voices cut off. I remember how much I wanted to write a story that did right by them. Hopefully this book delivers.āāAndrew Fukuda
In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki from Bainbridge Island, Washington is disgusted when heās forced to become pen pals with Charlie LĆ©vy of Paris, FranceāaĀ girl. He thought she was a boy. In spite of Alexās reluctance, their letters continue to fly across the Atlanticāand along with them, the shared hopes and dreams of friendship. Until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the growing Nazi persecution of Jews force them to confront the darkest aspects of human nature.
From the desolation of an internment camp on the plains of Manzanar to the horrors of Auschwitz and the devastation of European battlefields, the only thing they can hold onto are the memories of their letters. But nothing can dispel the light between them.
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$3.85THIS LIGHT BETWEEN US: A NOVEL OF WORLD WAR II
From award-winning YA author Andrew Fukuda comesĀ This Light Between Us, a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen palsāa Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girlāas they fight to maintain hope in a time of war.
āI remember visiting Manzanar and standing in the windswept plains where over tenĀ thousand internees were once imprisoned, their voices cut off. I remember how much I wanted to write a story that did right by them. Hopefully this book delivers.āāAndrew Fukuda
In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki from Bainbridge Island, Washington is disgusted when heās forced to become pen pals with Charlie LĆ©vy of Paris, FranceāaĀ girl. He thought she was a boy. In spite of Alexās reluctance, their letters continue to fly across the Atlanticāand along with them, the shared hopes and dreams of friendship. Until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the growing Nazi persecution of Jews force them to confront the darkest aspects of human nature.
From the desolation of an internment camp on the plains of Manzanar to the horrors of Auschwitz and the devastation of European battlefields, the only thing they can hold onto are the memories of their letters. But nothing can dispel the light between them.
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From award-winning YA author Andrew Fukuda comesĀ This Light Between Us, a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen palsāa Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girlāas they fight to maintain hope in a time of war.
āI remember visiting Manzanar and standing in the windswept plains where over tenĀ thousand internees were once imprisoned, their voices cut off. I remember how much I wanted to write a story that did right by them. Hopefully this book delivers.āāAndrew Fukuda
In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki from Bainbridge Island, Washington is disgusted when heās forced to become pen pals with Charlie LĆ©vy of Paris, FranceāaĀ girl. He thought she was a boy. In spite of Alexās reluctance, their letters continue to fly across the Atlanticāand along with them, the shared hopes and dreams of friendship. Until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the growing Nazi persecution of Jews force them to confront the darkest aspects of human nature.
From the desolation of an internment camp on the plains of Manzanar to the horrors of Auschwitz and the devastation of European battlefields, the only thing they can hold onto are the memories of their letters. But nothing can dispel the light between them.
