Dust of Eden, by Mariko Nagai
Through poetry and letters, Mina Tagawa tells her family’s story. Soon after Pearl Harbor, her father, a newspaper reporter, is arrested under suspicion of sedition. Every day, Mina and her brother endure verbal and physical attacks at school. Mina wants to scream every time she hears, “Jap.” She doesn’t feel Japanese. She’s an American! In…