A Diamond in the Desert Hardcover - 2012
by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
- Used
- Hardcover
For Tetsu, baseball is so muchmore than just a game
On December 6, 1941, Tetsu is a twelve-year-oldCalifornia boy who loves baseball. On December7, 1941, everything changes. The bombing of PearlHarbor means Tetsu's Japanese-American family willbe relocated to an internment camp.
Gila River camp isn't technically a prison, but withnowhere to go, nothing to do, and no time framefor leaving, it might as well be. So when someonehas the idea of building a baseball diamond andstarting a team, Tetsu is overjoyed. But then his sistergets dangerously sick, forcing him to choose betweenhis family and his love of the game. This is animpeccably researched, lyrical story about baseball,honor, and a turbulent period in U.S. history.AUTHOR BIO: Kathryn Fitzmaurice (www.kathrynfitzmaurice.com) isalso the author of The Year the Swallows Came Early. Shelives with her husband, two sons, and her dog, Holly, inMonarch Beach, California.END
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Details
- Title A Diamond in the Desert
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition; F
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 258
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Books for Young Readers
- Date 2012-02-16
- Bookseller's Inventory # A-05-4885
- ISBN 9780670012923 / 0670012920
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8.39 x 5.84 x 0.98 in (21.31 x 14.83 x 2.49 cm)
- Ages 10 to UP years
- Grade levels 5 - UP
- Reading level 810
- Library of Congress subjects Baseball, Guilt
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011012041
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
On December 6, 1941, Tetsu is a twelve-year-old California boy who loves baseball. On December 7, 1941, everything changes. The bombing of Pearl Harbor means Tetsu's Japanese-American family will be relocated to an internment camp.
Gila River camp isn't technically a prison, but with nowhere to go, nothing to do, and no time frame for leaving, it might as well be. So when someone has the idea of building a baseball diamond and starting a team, Tetsu is overjoyed. But then his sister gets dangerously sick, forcing him to choose between his family and his love of the game. This is an impeccably researched, lyrical story about baseball, honor, and a turbulent period in U.S. history.
