![]() My main question is, why wasn't this from a Japanese-American girl's point of view? I'm not saying Piper's story as a minister's daughter wasn't interesting. When all people of Japanese descent are deported to camps, Piper's father decides to follow his congregation, taking Piper with him. Piper is conflicted, she's worried about her brother and would do anything to protect him, but it doesn't seem right to mistreat the Japanese-American people. People begin to turn on the Japanese citizens, even those who were born in America. On December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor is attacked, and although Piper's brother is unharmed, America is now involved in WWII, and everything changes. ![]() You can probably see where this is going. Piper's beloved brother, Hank, has just joined the navy and has been stationed in Hawaii. Her father's congregation is all from Japantown, and while Piper spends Sundays with those of Japanese descent, her close friends are her school friends, who are all white, as she is. ![]() ![]() Piper Davis is the daughter of a minister in Seattle, Washington during 1941. And a couple of the boy equivalents, My America, which I don't think was as popular. I was all sorts of excited when I saw that Dear America was going to be publishing more fictional diaries of girls from different time periods in America. ![]()
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