Aleutian Sparrow
- ISBN-10
- 0689861893
- ISBN-13
- 9780689861895
- Series
- Aleutian Sparrow
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 156
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Karen Hesse
Description
An Aleutian Islander recounts her suffering during World War II in American internment camps designed to "protect" the population from the invading Japanese.
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