| A Diamond in the Desert Contributor(s): Fitzmaurice, Kathryn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142424374 ISBN-13: 9780142424377 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011012041 |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 150059 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twelve-year-old Tetsu eats, sleeps and breathes baseball. It's all he ever thinks about. But after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tetsu and his family are forced from their home into an internment camp in the Arizona desert with other Japanese Americans, and baseball becomes the last thing on his mind. The camp isn't technically a prison, but it sure feels like one when there's nothing to do and no place to go. So when a man starts up a boys' baseball team, Tetsu is only too eager to play again. But with his sister suddenly falling ill, and his father taken away for questioning, Tetsu is forced to choose between his family and his love of the game. |