May’s Book Club book. Small town in Colorado becomes home to Japanese internment camp during World War II. Told from the point of view of a young girl in the town. I liked her family (they were warm and loving and funny and her Dad, Loyal, was aptly named. He reminded me of Atticus Finch) and I liked the historical perspective. I would like to read a book from the point of view of the Japanese teenagers who ended up working the family’s beet farm. The drama and mystery driving the narrative was a little boring for me. It didn’t feel like it directly addressed the conflict the main character expressed: how to live in a town that is suddenly host to outsiders.
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