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Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky Paperback – February 15, 2015

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It's 1942: Tomi Itano, 12, is a second-generation Japanese American who lives in California with her family on their strawberry farm. Although her parents came from Japan and her grandparents still live there, Tomi considers herself an American. She doesn't speak Japanese and has never been to Japan. But after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, things change. No Japs Allowed signs hang in store windows and Tomi's family is ostracized. Things get much worse. Suspected as a spy, Tomi's father is taken away. The rest of the Itano family is sent to an internment camp in Colorado. Many other Japanese American families face a similar fate. Tomi becomes bitter, wondering how her country could treat her and her family like the enemy. What does she need to do to prove she is an honorable American? Sandra Dallas shines a light on a dark period of American history in this story of a young Japanese American girl caught up in the prejudices and World War II.
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    8 - 11 years
  2. Print length
    216 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    3 - 6
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    640L
  6. Dimensions
    5.4 x 0.7 x 7.8 inches
  7. Publisher
    Sleeping Bear Press
  8. Publication date
    February 15, 2015
  9. ISBN-10
    9781585369072
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Sandra Dallas is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Quilt Walk and Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky. She has written ten nonfiction books and fourteen adult novels, including The Last Midwife, Prayers for Sale, The Diary of Mattie Spenser, and The Persian Pickle Club. A former Denver bureau chief for BusinessWeek magazine, she is the recipient of two National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Wrangler Awards, two Western Writers of America Spur Awards, and four Women Writing the West WILLA Awards. She lives in Denver. Visit her at www.sandradallas.com.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1585369071
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sleeping Bear Press (February 15, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781585369072
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1585369072
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 11 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 640L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.7 x 7.8 inches
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Dubbed "a quintessential American voice" by Jane Smiley, in Vogue Magazine, Sandra Dallas is a New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen adult novels, several children's novels, and numerous works of non-fiction about Western subjects. Her adult novels, which include Prayers for Sale, Tallgrass, and The Persian Pickle Club, all share themes of loyalty, friendship, and human dignity and have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and have been optioned for films. Her work has won or been nominated for numerous awards and prizes and in 2021, she was inducted into the Colorado Authors' Hall of Fame. A former bureau chief for BusinessWeek magazine, Sandra lives in Denver and Georgetown, Colorado with her husband and with her two grown daughters nearby.

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Ellie Hepler
5.0 out of 5 stars Great to use with students!
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017
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Very appropriate way to cover this topic with students. The story caught my attention immediately and I thoroughly enjoyed it as did my daughter. The way the author naturally defined potentially new words did not disrupt the story and was very helpful. It opened doors to discuss the war inJapan and how it compared to the War in Europe.
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Sharon
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Historical Fiction
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2016
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A heartfelt story for anyone to read. Perfect for young readers. Dallas expresses the many feelings of the Japanese Americans during WWII. This book is a great historical fiction story for young readers and will provide insight to them about what happened during WWII in America. Perhaps,
also with discussion will encourage young people to make connections with issues on discrimination, racial profiling, and immigration happening in America today.
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Joanna M
4.0 out of 5 stars A good intro for young readers, but...
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2014
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Twelve-year-old Tomi Itano, daughter of Japanese immigrants, has always thought of herself as a California girl and a true American. Yet after Pearl Harbor is attacked, Tomi discovers that the townspeople no longer view her that way.

Before long, the Itanos' entire existence crumbles. Mr. Itano is accused of being a spy and dragged off to a prison camp, while Tomi, her brothers Roy and Hiro, and their mother are forced to relocate to an internment camp in Ellis, Colorado.

Despite spending over three years in the camp, struggling to survive in brutal poverty, dirt and cramped quarters, Tomi somehow manages to maintain an optimistic outlook. No matter what, she still loves her country and feels certain things will return to normal after the war.

Yet as she grows older, Tomi begins to wonder...how can things ever again be "normal," when her own country and fellow citizens turned on her for no reason other than her nationality?

While Dallas writes a good introduction to Japanese internment camps for young readers, some readers may find the ending a bit too happily-ever-after considering the subject at hand. Still, the characters of Tomi, her family and friends, as well as the general time period, are interesting and well-written, and even older readers may enjoy this book which touches upon the same town and camp originally introduced in Dallas' adult novel "Tallgrass."
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5.0 out of 5 stars What you look for - you will find!
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2014
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I know that to many people calling them a Pollyanna is not a compliment, but I loved the movie and the optimistic little girl who saw good in everything and everyone. So when I discovered Tomi, the twelve-year-old protagonist in this story of the internment camp in Colorado where Americans were sent during WWII simply because they were of Japanese descent, I immediately thought of Pollyanna because despite everything that she encountered Tomi persevered and ultimately brought light to others.
This book portrays day-to-day life in the camp and perhaps serves as a reminder that we are always far greater than our circumstances.
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MissBonnie
5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable book
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2015
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Excellent book by Sandra Dallas, but then again I am a big fan of hers. It was interesting to read since I had already read Tall Grass by Ms Dallas. In this book we get an inside look from a young Japanese girl as her and her family are uprooted from their home in California to an internment camp (Tall Grass) in Colorado. I enjoyed the book a lot and highly recommend any and all of Sandra Dallas' books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding read!
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2020
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Sandra Dallas never messes around. This excellent book lets you fall in love with the Itano family and feel the dust blow into their rooms. A story for women of all ages.
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NLGColorado
4.0 out of 5 stars What a great book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2016
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This book was suggested as a possible title for a regional Battle of the Books list, so I bought the book to check it out. Written in an easy to read style, it was interesting to read about the relocation camps but a resident child's point of view.
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Cara Morland
3.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story. Easy, quick read
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2018
This was a sweet story of how a Japanese family remained strong through relocation and revived their father’s hardship of being an American. It was an easy read and easily predicted.
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