{"product_id":"barbed-wire-baseball-how-one-man-brought-hope-to-the-japanese-internment-camps-of-wwii-9781419720581","title":"Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor Marissa Moss and illustrator Yuko Shimizu's \u003ci\u003eBarbed Wire Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e is a picture book about a true story set in a Japanese American internment camp in World War II. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA California Book Award Gold Medal Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalifornia Reading Association's Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Awards - HONOR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotable Children's Books from ALSC 2014\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a young boy, Kenichi Zenimura (Zeni) wanted to be a baseball player, even though everyone told him he was too small. He grew up to become a successful athlete, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family were sent to one of several internment camps established in the U.S. for people of Japanese ancestry. Zeni brought the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope, and became known as the \"Father of Japanese American Baseball.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Moss is a skilled author of historical narrative nonfiction for young readers; her tale is both well researched and well told. But it's the visually stunning, sensitive illustrations by the hugely talented Shimizu that make the book a standout.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Shimizu's Japanese brush and ink illustrations, digitally layered with dusty colors suggestive of the arid relocation camp, are a visual feast, from the patterned swirls of battleship steam and desert dust, to the series of depictions of Zenimura in motion, to the rhythmic composition of the female detainees stitching the potato-sack uniforms.\" --\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarissa Moss\u003c\/b\u003e has written and illustrated many books for children, including the popular Amelia's Notebook series, as well as \u003ci\u003eNurse, Soldier, Spy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Soldier's Secret\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Berkeley, California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYuko Shimizu \u003c\/b\u003eis an illustrator and comics artist best known for the cover of the graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's \u003ci\u003eThe Sandman: The Dream Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abrams Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649959727378,"sku":"9781419720581","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac70f9b5-805e-4031-a459-8d9eac484757.jpg?v=1733278725","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/barbed-wire-baseball-how-one-man-brought-hope-to-the-japanese-internment-camps-of-wwii-9781419720581","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}