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This light between us : a novel of World War II / Andrew Fukuda ; [illustrations by Euan Cook]
In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Lévy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army.
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- ISBN: 9781250192387
- ISBN: 1250192382
- ISBN: 9781250192394
- ISBN: 1250192390
- ISBN: 9780780495371
- ISBN: 0780495373
- Physical Description: 382 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Tor Teen, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher,publishing date, binding, and paging may vary. "A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-382). |
| Target Audience Note: | 690L Lexile Young adult |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5 14.0 |
| Awards Note: | 2022-2023 Gateway Readers Award nominee. |
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 3 of 4 copies available at Jefferson County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jefferson County Library-Arnold | TF HISTORIC FUKUDA (Text) | 30061060072093 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Arnold | TF HISTORIC FUKUDA (Text) | 30061100078472 | Display Area | Checked out | 04/10/2024 |
| Jefferson County Library-Northwest | TF HISTORIC FUKUDA (Text) | 30051070060030 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Windsor | TF HISTORIC FUKUDA (Text) | 30065060034060 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
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This Light Between Us: a Novel of World War II
Winner of the American Library Association's Asi an/Pacific American Award for Literature For readers of The Librarian Of Auschwitz , This Light Between Us is a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals--a Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girl--as they fight to maintain hope in a time of war. "I remember visiting Manzanar and standing in the windswept plains where over ten thousand internees were once imprisoned, their voices cut off. I remember how much I wanted to write a story that did right by them. Hopefully this book delivers."-- Andrew Fukuda In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki from Bainbridge Island, Washington is disgusted when he's forced to become pen pals with Charlie Lévy of Paris, France--a girl . He thought she was a boy. In spite of Alex's reluctance, their letters continue to fly across the Atlantic--and along with them, the shared hopes and dreams of friendship. Until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the growing Nazi persecution of Jews force them to confront the darkest aspects of human nature. From the desolation of an internment camp on the plains of Manzanar to the horrors of Auschwitz and the devastation of European battlefields, the only thing they can hold onto are the memories of their letters. But nothing can dispel the light between them.
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