The Lucky Baseball

Historical Fiction Adventures

Harry Yakamoto grew up in Seven Cedars, California playing baseball, going to school, and working at his family’s restaurant. As a young Japanese American, he faced discrimination daily. But when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, his life would change forever. Forced to move to a relocation center in the desert of California, Harry and his family have to start a new life behind barbed wire and guarded watchtowers. Follow Harry Yakamoto in this World War II story as he learns to live through difficult conditions in a Japanese-American internment camp.

RL
Grades
3-5
IL
Grades
3-6
GRL
Q
Details:
Product type:
ISBN: 978-0-7660-3655-0
Author: Suzanne Lieurance
Copyright: 2010
Reading Level: Grades 3-5
Interest Level: Grades 3-6
GRL: Q
Lexile: 690L
Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"