Larson, Kirby Dewey number Illustrations Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2010.
Thirteen-year-old Piper Davis records in her diary her experiences beginning in December 1941 when her father, the pastor for a Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle, follows his congregants to an Idaho internment camp, taking her with him.Thirteen-year-old Piper Davis records in her diary her experiences beginning in December 1941, when her brother joins the Navy and the United States goes to war, and as she attempts to document her life through photography, her father-the pastor for a Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle-follows his congregants to an Idaho internment camp, taking her along with him.World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Juvenile fiction.World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction.Minidoka Relocation Center - Juvenile fiction.Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 - Juvenile fiction.Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Juvenile fiction.Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction.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.Label The fences between us : the diary of Piper Davis Title The fences between us Title remainder the diary of Piper Davis Statement of responsibility Kirby Larson Creator 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). 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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