In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie L?vy 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.
year: 2020
call number/section: 1000
subjects: united states, regimental combat team, 442nd, juvenile fiction, fiction, jews, paris, fiction, world war, 1939-1945, pen pals, friendship, prejudices, japanese americans, evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, paris (france), historical fiction