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May 19, 2016 Lisa C rated it did not like it

I have so many problems with this book I don't even know where to begin. The moral of this book seems to be, fifty-fifty if yous are falsely imprisoned or forced to go out your dwelling house for a relocation military camp, you should still be a happy and proud American. No i was allowed to exist a proud Japanese American; the characters were either proud Americans or traitors to their family and their new homeland.

This book had a disturbing forceful Patriotism to a higher place all else theme. Each time a character expresses any type

I take so many problems with this book I don't even know where to begin. The moral of this book seems to exist, even if you are falsely imprisoned or forced to go out your habitation for a relocation military camp, you should withal be a happy and proud American. No ane was allowed to be a proud Japanese American; the characters were either proud Americans or traitors to their family and their new homeland.

This book had a disturbing forceful Patriotism above all else theme. Each fourth dimension a graphic symbol expresses any blazon of unhappiness at the internment campsite, they are encouraged, by everyone else to suck it up, exist proud to be an American, and to end dragging their family down into a depressive state.

Oddly, Dallas make the bespeak several times in the narrative and in the author's note that the camps were "relocation" camps Non prisons. This seems like a misleading and useless disclaimer. The camps may not have been technically "prisons" but innocent Japanese families were forced to live in that location in sub-par and over crowded conditions. They were kept in the camp past spinous wire and armed guards. They ate slop and had niggling access to medical care or resources. They may not technically have been prisons simply families were certainly imprisoned in them. If it walks similar a prison and quacks like a prison . . .

Worse than all else, the characters were so i dimensional. Tomi had e'er had a Pollyannaish approach to life in the military camp. She was determined to make the best of her new, hopefully temporary, life. That'due south fine. However, when Tomi is reunited with her begetter who had been falsely imprisoned for two years, she starts to recognize that the U.s.a., the state she loves, treated her father (and her) terribly. She is no longer able to "wait dorsum with anger only to look ahead with hope." Her family unit and friends basically pester her until she recognizes how bad her mental attitude is. Her brother, at present an enlisted man, writes her and pleads, "I think y'all are the only one who tin help pop. I don't know how, just yous have to think of a way or our family will never be the aforementioned." Never exist the aforementioned?!? The begetter had been falsely imprisoned, the family was strength-ably removed from their home, they were forced to live in a equus caballus stall and then in an internment camp. The son went off to war. OF COURSE THEIR FAMILY Will NEVER Exist "THE SAME" AS BEFORE.

At no betoken does Tomi find strength or growth past questioning her undying love of the state that imprisoned her. In fact, she wins an essay contest with a piece she wrote called, "I am an American." it includes the line, "in America, everyone had an equal chance. If ht worked hard, he could build his own business. His children would be free to cull their time to come, too." Lovely, except, SHE'T Not FREE. She's in an internment camp. With barbed wire and armed guards.

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May 04, 2014 Barbara rated it liked information technology

Twelve-yr-quondam Tomi Itano is proud to be an American, but that pride is severely challenged when all Japanese come under suspicion of spying after Pearl Harbor. Her male parent is imprisoned, and the remainder of the family moves to a relocation army camp in Colorado. Although conditions are challenging on many levels, Tomi makes the all-time of the situation and tries to conduct in as normal a style as she possibly tin can. When her begetter finally joins the family, he is bitter and angry, and seems to hate his adop Twelve-year-onetime Tomi Itano is proud to be an American, but that pride is severely challenged when all Japanese come under suspicion of spying subsequently Pearl Harbor. Her father is imprisoned, and the residual of the family moves to a relocation camp in Colorado. Although weather are challenging on many levels, Tomi makes the best of the situation and tries to behave in as normal a fashion as she perchance tin can. When her father finally joins the family, he is bitter and angry, and seems to hate his adopted state. Equally Tomi tries to understand how the state that embraced immigrants could likewise be the aforementioned one that behaved so inhospitably toward her begetter, she struggles with her own complex feelings about this land where she was born. The author covers some familiar territory here, making sure that readers are living through a time when fears and paranoia overshadowed all other concerns. She provides glimpses into life insider those camps and reminds readers what it means to be an American. Center graders need to read this one to understand the climate of those times and how xenophobia can prompt rash acts and the tendency to demonize others. ...more than

Oct 15, 2014 Kim rated it really liked it

3.5 stars to this eye schoolhouse novel past Sandra Dallas. I have read and loved many of her books, including Tallgrass, which is the adult version of this story. Tallgrass and Red Berries, White Clouds Bluish Heaven both tell the story of the Japanese who were interred in "relocation camps" during World State of war II. Tallgrass tells the story from the perspective of a young American girl who lives in the town of Ellis, where the internment army camp is located. Ruddy Berries tells it from the perspective of a immature 3.five stars to this heart school novel past Sandra Dallas. I have read and loved many of her books, including Tallgrass, which is the adult version of this story. Tallgrass and Red Berries, White Clouds Blue Heaven both tell the story of the Japanese who were interred in "relocation camps" during World War II. Tallgrass tells the story from the perspective of a immature American girl who lives in the town of Ellis, where the internment camp is located. Crimson Berries tells it from the perspective of a young Japanese American daughter whose family goes to live in the campsite, when their father is unjustly sent to prison. It is a story of hope and backbone, as well as trials and tribulations. A favorite quote is "I have been told that information technology is the Japanese way to look alee with hope, rather than back with anger." Perhaps that is a lesson nosotros should all try to acquire.

Adept volume for middle schoolers to introduce them to this era in American history, and to begin conversations virtually what it means to treat someone differently based on race.

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Books by Sandra Dallas are a care for and I e'er expect forward to them because they bring us warmth and truthful insight into the soul. They're simply the kind of books that I enjoy.
I understand that this book is meant for a younger audience, just it's nonetheless gripping and beautiful as information technology tells the story of an American-Japanese family that is relocated to an internment campsite during the 2d World war.
Sandra Dallas tackled this detail subject earlier in her book called Tallgrass, which told u.s.a. Books by Sandra Dallas are a treat and I always look forward to them because they bring usa warmth and truthful insight into the soul. They're simply the kind of books that I savor.
I understand that this book is meant for a younger audience, but it's still gripping and beautiful every bit information technology tells the story of an American-Japanese family that is relocated to an internment camp during the 2nd Globe war.
Sandra Dallas tackled this particular field of study before in her book chosen Tallgrass, which told us some other story of the stigmatization and prejudice the American-Japanese had to suffer. The way the globe is turning at present, information technology seems that history might be repeating itself in that regard.
For me, it was dearest at first sight with the Itano family. The story revolves mostly around Tomi Itano, who's 12 years one-time when her family unit is forced by the government to relocate from her family-run strawberry farm in California, to a camp in Colorado. Tomi, her mother and two brothers, Roy and Hiro, take life in the camp in footstep, and that was admirable. Their father was held in another camp, which was more than like a prison and when he's finally reunited with his family his faith in the American dream has been truly shaken.
Some might say that this story, meant for younger readers, is more optimistic than what reality must take been like. I hold with that, but and then it also showed how truly resilient the American-Japanese customs was.
Large applause for the narrator of this recorded book: Jennifer Ikeda gave all the characters an accurate vocalization. Her voice for petty brother Hiro always fabricated me grinning! ...more

Jun 28, 2018 Denise rated information technology really liked it

Reddish Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky by a Sandra Dallas, for me, was educational, emotional and thought provoking. Yes, at times it sounded cheerful but the character growth of the mom, the 'cleaved' dad, and kind instructor make this book a must read, especially today. iv red, white and blue stars for survivors.

December 18, 2014 Amy rated it really liked information technology

I've read quite a few historical fiction novels gear up during WWII dealing with the Japanese internment camps. I actually liked this one. It is a uncomplicated story and I realized about 1/iv of the fashion through that it is a Juvenile Fiction. I call up I reserved it based on the author, merely didn't realize it was a Juvenile Fiction book. I've read many of her books but this is only her 2nd JF volume and I've but read her adult novels. I would definitely let my 12 year old read this. It is very well washed, it in I've read quite a few historical fiction novels set up during WWII dealing with the Japanese internment camps. I really liked this one. It is a simple story and I realized about i/4 of the style through that it is a Juvenile Fiction. I think I reserved it based on the writer, only didn't realize information technology was a Juvenile Fiction book. I've read many of her books but this is only her second JF book and I've merely read her adult novels. I would definitely allow my 12 year old read this. It is very well washed, it introduces this topic in our American history and does a great job of covering it. I kind of felt that the writing is a little choppy compared to her adult novels. However, it is well suited for the historic period group the writer is targeting. Information technology is a quick read also. I'm going to have my daughter read it. I'm hoping she will desire to know more than about this. I wish more than 12 year olds were reading these kinds of books instead of Hunger Games, Divergent, and Twilight. Those are for older readers. This is the kind of writing I want my kid to be reading.

I am a fan of Sandra Dallas, and I'one thousand glad to know she has some other JF book out there. Of course there is a quilting reference in this book as well as the other developed books I've read :)

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There is a lot that is good well-nigh this book: information technology takes place in Colorado, information technology exposes readers to the (maybe lesser-known) perspective of Japanese Americans who were sent to internment camps during WWII, it is written but and it has a articulate message. For these reasons, this book might be a good pick for the Pikes Meridian Battle of the Books listing. I, however, found the book to be a scrap contrived and sort-of preachy. There was nothing subtle virtually the message of patriotism that the author wanted t There is a lot that is good almost this book: it takes place in Colorado, information technology exposes readers to the (perhaps bottom-known) perspective of Japanese Americans who were sent to internment camps during WWII, it is written simply and information technology has a clear message. For these reasons, this book might be a practiced pick for the Pikes Peak Boxing of the Books list. I, however, found the book to be a chip contrived and sort-of preachy. There was nothing subtle almost the message of patriotism that the author wanted to become beyond and I don't think she needed to utilize every character to repeat information technology. I wish Dallas would have trusted her readers enough to allow her characters to have more depth and her storyline to be more intricate.

(It's worth noting that there is an adult version of the aforementioned story written by the same writer. I believe it is titled Tallgrass.)

*Read this a second time to help compile lessons so our fourth form teachers could use it to teach this year. This is a corking novel to use in teaching to support study of the Japanese Internment camps during WWII. Students who might normally struggle with novel studies might find this volume to be clear and straightforward. There is non a lot (any!) inferring or reading betwixt the lines required by this one!

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Twelve-year-old and All-American, Tomi Itano,a second generation Japanese American lives on a strawberry subcontract with her family in California until Pearl Harbor. Then Pop is suspected of being a Japanese spy and is sent away, while Tomi, her female parent, and brothers are sent to Tallgrass internment army camp in Colorado.

Tomi's older brother thrives every bit he continues to play jazz music with his band in the camp and Tomi'southward mother changes from being a shy Japanese housewife to an outspoken American which crusade

Twelve-year-erstwhile and All-American, Tomi Itano,a second generation Japanese American lives on a strawberry farm with her family in California until Pearl Harbor. Then Pop is suspected of being a Japanese spy and is sent away, while Tomi, her female parent, and brothers are sent to Tallgrass internment camp in Colorado.

Tomi's older brother thrives equally he continues to play jazz music with his band in the camp and Tomi'south mother changes from beingness a shy Japanese housewife to an outspoken American which causes conficts when Pop gets reunited with his family in the camp. Tomi has alien viewpoints nearly the campsite and who she is until her essay, "Why I Am An American" wins Colorado honors.

I enjoyed the Colorado setting and knew the writer used her enquiry when she included information about Colorado's Governor Carr during WWII.

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Sandra Dallas tackles the relocation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War II in this wonderful Magnolia Award nominee for 6th to eighth graders. A tight knit family is torn autonomously at the beginning of the war: the begetter is sent to a special prison camp for interrogation; the rest of the family unit ends upward in Colorado. (If you've never been to the eastern half of New Mexico or Colorado, note that it can exist incredibly dusty and windy--huge gloom factors until you become Sandra Dallas tackles the relocation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World State of war II in this wonderful Magnolia Honour nominee for sixth to 8th graders. A tight knit family unit is torn apart at the start of the war: the father is sent to a special prison camp for interrogation; the rest of the family unit ends upwards in Colorado. (If you've never been to the eastern half of New Mexico or Colorado, annotation that it can be incredibly dusty and windy--huge gloom factors until you lot go accustomed to information technology.) The family's struggles to adapt and yet remain truthful to themselves and their heritage is completely engrossing. We loved the examination of what it means to be an American, as of import a topic now equally it was virtually 75 years ago. ...more

May 13, 2017 Kiera rated it it was amazing

2d time is equally good as the beginning.
I loved this book so much when I was younger and reading it again reminds me why: I beloved how positive Tomi and her family were nearly the whole situation and he author brought low-cal to this serious topic.

Feb 19, 2015 Candace Simar rated it it was astonishing

A wonderful YA volume near the Japanese internment camps during WW2. This volume is exquisitely written and a please.

Feb 13, 2019 Tatiana Lira rated it information technology was astonishing

I actually, truly enjoyed this book. I showtime read it back in simple school, when my father was passionate about getting me to read historical fiction novels. Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky shows usa the perspective of one of the hundreds of thousands of Japanese-American families forced into internment camps subsequently Japan bombed Pearl Harbor during World War 2. I think being really captivated by the main character, Tomi Itano, and at present, later re-reading it, I realize why. She is a loving, I really, truly enjoyed this volume. I start read it dorsum in uncomplicated schoolhouse, when my father was passionate about getting me to read historical fiction novels. Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky shows u.s. the perspective of one of the hundreds of thousands of Japanese-American families forced into internment camps after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor during World War Two. I remember being actually captivated by the main character, Tomi Itano, and at present, subsequently re-reading it, I realize why. She is a loving, caring young girl who isn't agape to cover her racial identity at a time where the state blames all those like her for something they had no part in. So what I cherish near about this novel is how 3-dimensional each character is. In most American novels about people of color, the supporting roles most oft portray some sort of stereotype and hardly undergo a personal change as the storyline progresses. Tomi Itano's family unit is totally different, and that results in the beautiful achievement of a rest between loving your ethnicity and loving your country. The bombing of Pearl Harbor has rarely been described from the perspective of those made to stay inside internment camps, so I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking to truly larn more than about the result from all points of view. ...more

A historical fiction about an American Japanese family being sent to a relocation army camp after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. While nosotros larn a lot near World War II in history, the relocation camps and what that entailed for these families in America was something I knew nothing about. I appreciated the author enlightening the readers. This was an easy read with a sweet story line. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

My 10 year old daughter recommended this volume to me and I loved it. I never knew that the Japanese were sent to internment camps during WWII. I expect forward to reading the adult book well-nigh this aforementioned camp, Tallgrass.

Jul 13, 2017 Brenda rated it liked information technology

I checked Ruby Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky from the library and read it this evening. If y'all become a chance read it. Information technology's a fictional account of a Japanese family unit forced into an internment campsite during WWII. By and large, it's a story about family, love of country and hope. I really enjoyed it. I checked Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Heaven from the library and read it this evening. If you lot become a chance read it. It's a fictional account of a Japanese family forced into an internment campsite during WWII. Mostly, it's a story about family, honey of land and hope. I really enjoyed it. ...more than

Feb 05, 2017 Nic rated information technology did non like it

This was a disappointing read. It is painfully shallow and underestimates its young readers in the worst mode.

Sep 17, 2020 Grace Millard rated it really liked information technology

This was a good volume. I can tell that a lot of thought, endeavour, and love went into this.

American bornTomi Itano, 12, her younger brother Hiro and older brother Roy, 17, have been raised by their Japanese-born parents to love the United States and to exist the best Americans they tin be. Every morning, the family solemnly raises the American flag to fly over their rented strawberry farm in California. The Itanos, Osamu called Sam and his married woman Sumiko, had fabricated a pretty skilful life for their family.

But in January 1942, before long afterwards the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, it all changed. Sudden

American bornTomi Itano, 12, her younger brother Hiro and older blood brother Roy, 17, take been raised by their Japanese-born parents to dear the United States and to exist the best Americans they tin be. Every morning, the family solemnly raises the American flag to wing over their rented strawberry farm in California. The Itanos, Osamu called Sam and his wife Sumiko, had fabricated a pretty good life for their family.

But in January 1942, presently after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, it all changed. Suddenly signs reading "No Japs" appeared in store windows, Tomi was no longer welcomed in her Girl Scout troop, and worse than anything, Pop was arrested as a spy by the FBI.

So came the notice that the family unit had 2 weeks to get set to go to a "relocation camp" taking simply what they could carry in suitcases. Everything they owned was sold for a few dollars each, prized momentos from Japan were burned and the family constitute themselves living in a evil-smelling horse stall at the Santa Anita Racetrack for the showtime months of internment, eventually existence transfered to Colorado and a military camp chosen Tallgrass.

Throughout their ordeal, Mom, Tomi, Hiro and Roy proceed their spirits up, trying to make the most of the state of affairs they are in, even though they hear very picayune from Pop, and really have no idea what is going on with him. Tomi meets a daughter at Tallgrass named Ruth and the two girls become best friends. Roy, who had a band called the Jivin Five in California, decides to grade a jazz band at Tallgrass, playing at Saturday night dances. Mom, who had always been a perfect Japanese married woman, doing only what her husband said she could do, suddenly blossomed, instruction a quilting form and making her own decisions. Hiro and his new best friend Wilson start playing on the camp's baseball team. All the Itanos seem to have adjusted, believing that living in the internment camp is only a temporary situation and they volition eventually be able to render to their old life once the war ends.

But when Pop shows upwards at the door unexpectedly, everything changes. He looks almost unrecognizable - grey haired, stooped and walking with a pikestaff. And he is angry and bitter at what has happened to him, and has turned on his adopted land. Suddenly, happy, optimistic Tomi begins to bear with the same bitterness and anger towards the country she had always loved. Tomi has get and then inflamed, even Ruth doesn't desire to hang around with her anymore.

Then, when when a newpaper runs a essay competition, Tomi's teacher wants her course to participate, answering the question Why I am an American, Tomi is faced with quite a dilemma - how should she honestly write the essay.

Red Berries, White Clouds, Blueish Heaven is the middle form version of Sandra Dallas's adult novel Tallgrass, which I have non read. I've read a lot of books about Japanese internment, and while I do believe it is a shameful period of American history, I can't say I was terribly inspired by this item book.

Factually, this was a good novel, although a flake too didactic at times. It is meant for immature readers who may not know much well-nigh how the Japanese were treated in this country during WWII, and I realize that inserting factual information is a tricky business. Nonetheless, that could have gone more smoothly, or put into notes at the finish of the novel.

Simply I institute Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky forced and emotionally cold. I never really formed a articulate picture show of Tomi, Roy or Hiro, though I felt their mom was a meliorate drawn graphic symbol, and it wasn't until Pop arrived at Tallgrass that at that place was whatever real feeling. I kept wondering how and why the Itano family didn't get angry, bitter, depressed at having their lives disrupted, when everything they worked for was lost, and people who were friends suddenly turning on them, at to the lowest degree for a while. That'southward a lot of emotional stuff to handle for anyone, just they just hands assimilated throughout their whole ordeal.

In the terminate, Cerise Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky is an OK novel at will requite readers some insight to what life was life in the internment camps. I am, however, now curious to read Tallgrass and encounter what that novel has to offer.

This book is recommended for readers age 9+
This book was borrowed from the NYPL

This review was originally posted on The Children's War

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three or iii.five. I can't decide.

Oct 27, 2016 Nevaeh Lavoie rated it information technology was astonishing

I really loved this book. 1 of my favorite parts was when she went to the relocation camp chosen Tall Grass. I loved the emotion this story gave, it made me feel very bad for what happened the to Japanese during Pearl Harbor. I learned that sometimes in life people don't think before they say/do. This goes with how, when Tomi and Ruth were going to i of the stores to sell tickets, it had a sign saying NO JAPS. That fabricated me feel more than emotion considering simply considering they were Japanese doesn't mea I really loved this book. One of my favorite parts was when she went to the relocation camp chosen Tall Grass. I loved the emotion this story gave, it made me feel very bad for what happened the to Japanese during Pearl Harbor. I learned that sometimes in life people don't think before they say/practise. This goes with how, when Tomi and Ruth were going to one of the stores to sell tickets, it had a sign saying NO JAPS. That made me feel more than emotion because just because they were Japanese doesn't mean they did anything. This story was very heartbreaking, and deplorable, merely towards the end information technology made me feel good. I really felt there should be a part ii to this book, because it left me thinking with loads more questions. This too made me think of what Tomi would do next when she got to California. I actually hated how desperately treated they were. This makes me think of the theme people don't think before they say. Considering it desperately hurt Tomi, and the residual of her family. ...more

Dec 29, 2016 Claire rated it did non like it

Unfortunately, this book simply did non do it for me. Not a fan of the writing. At all.

So much telling instead of showing. Everything was spelled out. And instead of just crafting a good story and letting the story speak for itself, the author interrupted the flow with historical explanations. The dialogue was stilted and unrealistic. The overuse of "grinned" and "shrugged" and "frowned" and "took his/her mitt" and "thought that over" grated on me. And sadly, none of the characters were ever trul

Unfortunately, this book simply did not practise it for me. Non a fan of the writing. At all.

So much telling instead of showing. Everything was spelled out. And instead of just crafting a skilful story and letting the story speak for itself, the author interrupted the menses with historical explanations. The dialogue was stilted and unrealistic. The overuse of "grinned" and "shrugged" and "frowned" and "took his/her hand" and "thought that over" grated on me. And sadly, none of the characters were ever truly developed in a sympathetic, realistic way. I remember the dialogue and the infodumps played a large part in the lack of character development for me--I couldn't ever feel continued, because the writing distanced me from the characters' true selves.

The treatment of the issues seemed simplistic as well. I'm not sure if the author based the characters' thought processes on how actual Japanese-Americans felt at the fourth dimension, or if she made upwards how she thought they should have responded.

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Jul 11, 2015 Ms. B rated information technology really liked information technology

Recommends information technology for: historical fiction fans, books about Globe State of war 2,

Does the United states treat all citizens equally? Is information technology possible that considering of your race you could be asked to leave your habitation? Due to Pearl Harbor this is how the Japanese were treated during World War Ii.
Tomi is a second generation Japanese daughter living in California at the fourth dimension of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Before long subsequently this consequence, she and her family are separated. Her father is defendant of being a Japanese spy and is taken away to prison. She, her mother and siblings are sent from their Does the United States treat all citizens as? Is it possible that because of your race you could be asked to get out your abode? Due to Pearl Harbor this is how the Japanese were treated during World State of war II.
Tomi is a second generation Japanese girl living in California at the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Shortly later on this event, she and her family are separated. Her male parent is defendant of being a Japanese spy and is taken abroad to prison house. She, her mother and siblings are sent from their dwelling in California to a relocation army camp in Colorado. Tomi'due south mother makes the best of a bad situation while in Colorado. Tin can Tomi remain optimitic and upbeat in her new environment? Volition the family unit ever run into their Dad again?
If you like books that crusade you to tear up or weep, you will enjoy this poignant, touching and hopeful story. ...more than

I can definitely tell that the author by and large writes for adults and was trying to impaired this down to a kid's level. She went a picayune likewise far for me. I read a lot of heart grade fiction, and kids tin comprehend more than she gives them credit for hither. If yous're looking for an introductory book into WWII and American fear of the Japanese, this would be a good jumping off point, just I would probably expect for others as well. The main character does have to deal with lots of emotions that are cre I tin can definitely tell that the author by and large writes for adults and was trying to impaired this down to a kid's level. She went a piffling likewise far for me. I read a lot of middle grade fiction, and kids tin comprehend more than than she gives them credit for here. If you're looking for an introductory book into WWII and American fear of the Japanese, this would be a good jumping off point, simply I would probably expect for others as well. The main graphic symbol does have to deal with lots of emotions that are created by fear, hate and prejudice not just in herself, but also her family members and boyfriend Japanese at the work camps. This was a tragic menses in American history, and I pray that we would never echo such acts toward our fellow men. ...more

May 04, 2015 Thaynes4 rated it information technology was amazing

I thought this was a very good book because it showed how a Japanese family felt during the time that the US declared war on Nippon. The book Red Berries, White Clouds Bluish Sky both tell the story of the Japanese who were interred in "relocation camps" during Globe War 2. Tomi is an American citizen. She is Japanese American. She is allowed to have an American citizenship considering she was born in the US but her parents aren't because they were built-in in Nihon. Twelve-year-old Tomi Itano is proud t I thought this was a very good book because it showed how a Japanese family felt during the fourth dimension that the US declared war on Japan. The book Red Berries, White Clouds Blue Heaven both tell the story of the Japanese who were interred in "relocation camps" during World State of war 2. Tomi is an American citizen. She is Japanese American. She is immune to have an American citizenship because she was built-in in the US merely her parents aren't because they were born in Japan. Twelve-year-old Tomi Itano is proud to be an American, merely that pride is severely challenged when all Japanese come up under suspicion of spying after Pearl Harbor. ...more than

Oct 27, 2016 Relyn rated it information technology was amazing

Recommends it for: middle grade readers and their teachers

Recommended to Relyn by: Mark Twain Award nominee

Have you ever read a middle course children's book that fabricated you cry iii or 4 times? Aye, me either. Till at present. Red Berries, White Clouds, Bluish Sky was a tiny phenomenon; a perfect volume at the perfect moment. In a fourth dimension when so many educators are concerned nigh teaching our children to love America and be proud of our land; to accept and learn from our history - the skilful and the bad - here comes a volume that does simply that. Sandra Dallas, every bit always, never flinches away from the hard parts of Have you ever read a middle course children's book that made you cry three or four times? Yeah, me either. Till now. Red Berries, White Clouds, Bluish Heaven was a tiny miracle; a perfect volume at the perfect moment. In a fourth dimension when and so many educators are concerned about didactics our children to love America and exist proud of our country; to accept and learn from our history - the proficient and the bad - here comes a book that does merely that. Sandra Dallas, as always, never flinches away from the hard parts of American history and human nature. Somehow, though, her compassionate story telling and deeply real characters always leave me proud of who I am and where I'm from. What a writer! ...more

Dec 31, 2014 Beth East rated information technology really liked it

Sandra Dallas created a sensitive portrait of what life was like for the Japanese interred in America in WWII, told through the eyes of a Japanese- American girl. This book was sensitively and carefully written.

Jul 01, 2016 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

I idea this volume actually shed low-cal on what happened to Japanese American families during WWII. As a classroom instructor I think reading and discussing books like this are then of import.

Jun 10, 2017 Kelley rated it did not similar information technology

I hate saying this, simply the key word in my mind at the end of this book is "disappointing."

I hate it because it's rarely how I feel after finishing a Sandra Dallas book. And I detest it even more because the companion volume to this young adult novel – the adult novel "Tallgrass" – ranks among my favorites she has written. (And I've read them all.)

But this is but a miss, for me, in every direction.

The characters and dialogue are bland and one-dimensional. And information technology's non a matter of an adult reading a

I hate saying this, but the key word in my mind at the end of this book is "disappointing."

I detest it because it's rarely how I feel after finishing a Sandra Dallas book. And I hate it even more because the companion book to this young adult novel – the adult novel "Tallgrass" – ranks amidst my favorites she has written. (And I've read them all.)

Only this is just a miss, for me, in every direction.

The characters and dialogue are bland and one-dimensional. And information technology's not a matter of an developed reading a book that's meant for immature readers – they deserve excellence, too, and Dallas delivered it in her first immature developed novel. But hither, for example, there are numerous instances of someone using a give-and-take, in chat, and and then defining it for the other person in the chat. It's not the way people talk.

Moods and responses oftentimes seem inappropriate for what's happening. A family unit informs a son that his father was taken by the FBI. His answer: "I guess I shouldn't exist surprised. … I guess we only take to await until people figure out we're not the enemy."

Later, when someone returns from years, literally, of being held in prison house without any evidence or accuse, one friend tells another: "Y'all've been in a bad mood always since your dad came hither," Ruth said. "Wouldn't you exist if your male parent had been treated the way mine was?" Ruth shrugged. "The war's going to be over earlier long. You should look ahead."

And that's where information technology actually gets problematic for me. Information technology seems that Dallas couldn't decide what betoken she wanted to make about Japanese internment camps, which she refers to as relocation camps and repeatedly emphasizes are non prisons.

She talks in her notes at the end about wanting to examine bigotry from the other side, and some members of Tomi's family do struggle through their feelings about how the country they chose to love is responding to them at present. Merely the ultimate point of her story seems to be that the Japanese who were forcibly relocated should accept what's happening, suit with backbone and expect forward with hope, happy that at least they're Americans. Honestly, at a few points, I felt similar I was reading the Japanese version of "many slaves were better off once they got here because they had a reasonable life and food and shelter, compared to the poverty they lived in in Africa" – an statement that is both disruptive and horrifying.

In the end, a few of the characters make another difficult-to-believe 180 swing. In that location's a brief meeting with some open-minded people who make back-handed references to the fact that the camps were a lousy way to care for countrymen. And all is well. Cue the patriotic song.

This is one of those chapters of our country's history that deserves to be called out for the shame it was. And I expected Dallas to be among those who recognize that. Instead, she'southward written a version that could edge on an apologetic for parallel contemporary questions, such shutting out Syrian refugees or registering Muslims: "We had to keep an eye on them. They weren't actually in prison. Maybe it wasn't the best idea ever, simply it all worked out OK. Look how plucky they were in dealing with information technology."

I expected better of Dallas, both in what she had to say and the way she said it.

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t's 1942: Tomi Itano, 12, is a second-generation Japanese American who lives in California with her family on their strawberry farm. Although her parents came from Nihon and her grandparents yet live there, Tomi considers herself an American. She doesn't speak Japanese and has never been to Japan. Merely after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, things alter. No Japs Allowed signs hang in store windows and Tomi's family is ostracized. Things become much worse. Suspected equally a spy, Tomi My rating three.eight
t's 1942: Tomi Itano, 12, is a second-generation Japanese American who lives in California with her family on their strawberry subcontract. Although her parents came from Japan and her grandparents still live there, Tomi considers herself an American. She doesn't speak Japanese and has never been to Japan. But subsequently the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor, things change. No Japs Allowed signs hang in shop windows and Tomi'due south family is ostracized. Things get much worse. Suspected as a spy, Tomi's father is taken away. The rest of the Itano family is sent to an internment camp in Colorado. Many other Japanese American families face a like fate. Tomi becomes biting, wondering how her country could treat her and her family similar the enemy. What does she need to do to prove she is an honorable American? Sandra Dallas shines a light on a dark flow of American history in this story of a immature Japanese American girl caught upwards in the prejudices and Earth War II.

The volume is written for the young developed, about the Japanese internment camp in Colorado. Information technology is a Japanese child's perspective of what happened to her family during WW II and how her family reacted to it. It shows both good and bad reactions to the Japanese population after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and how information technology inverse the lives of Japanese Americans. Information technology was a quick read, just would be a good volume to innovate this function of history to a young person.

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Red Berries, White Clouds, Bluish Sky is a beautiful volume most a young Japanese girl during World State of war II. Tomi'south sense of normalcy is disrupted when her begetter is arrested for being Japanese, and she, her mother, and her brothers, are sent to a containment camp two states away. Through all of this, she must adjust to her new life, and grapple with what it means to exist American, even as she is being mistreated for her heritage.

I loved this volume. I appreciated the honesty of Tomi's point of view, th

Cherry-red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Heaven is a beautiful book about a immature Japanese girl during World War II. Tomi's sense of normalcy is disrupted when her father is arrested for existence Japanese, and she, her female parent, and her brothers, are sent to a containment army camp 2 states away. Through all of this, she must adjust to her new life, and grapple with what it means to be American, fifty-fifty as she is being mistreated for her heritage.

I loved this book. I appreciated the honesty of Tomi's point of view, the optimism with which she approached her situation, and the realness of her struggles. I think this book was beautifully written and comes from a very personal place in Sandra Dallas' heart.

I think books like this are then important in classrooms. It's of import for kids to run into their heritage represented. Additionally, we live in a culture now where race and prejudice are incredibly aired topics. I remember sharing nearly historical race events through a gentle and entertaining vocalism is a great manner to go kids involved in history and nurture their understanding of how we interact in the world together.

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Accolade-winning author SANDRA DALLAS was dubbed "a quintessential American voice" past Jane Smiley, in Faddy Magazine. Sandra's novels with their themes of loyalty, friendship, and man dignity have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and have been optioned for films.

A journalism graduate of the University of Denver, Sandra began her writing career equally a reporter with Business Calendar week. A staff

Award-winning author SANDRA DALLAS was dubbed "a quintessential American voice" by Jane Smiley, in Vogue Magazine. Sandra'southward novels with their themes of loyalty, friendship, and man dignity have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and have been optioned for films.

A journalism graduate of the University of Denver, Sandra began her writing career every bit a reporter with Concern Calendar week. A staff member for xx-five years (and the magazine's first female bureau primary,) she covered the Rocky Mountain region, writing about everything from penny-stock scandals to difficult-stone mining, western energy development to contemporary polygamy. Many of her experiences accept been incorporated into her novels.

While a reporter, she began writing the showtime of ten nonfiction books. They include Sacred Paint, which won the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Wrangler Award, and The Quilt That Walked to Gilded, recipient of the Contained Publishers Assn. Benjamin Franklin Award.

Turning to fiction in 1990, Sandra has published eight novels, including Prayers For Sale. Sandra is the recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award for New Mercies, and two-fourth dimension winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award, for The Chili Queen and Tallgrass. In addition, she was a finalist for the Colorado Book Accolade, the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Assn. Award, and a four-time finalist for the Women Writing the West Willa Honour.

The mother of two daughters—Dana is an attorney in New Orleans and Povy is a photographer in Golden, Colorado—Sandra lives in Denver with her husband, Bob.

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