The war was a time when the concept of creating kamikaze units and dedicating your life for the country coexisted with the desire to return home alive and finding their loved ones alive and well.

It was so vibrant and urgent and fun.[The interview was conducted before the conclusion of the actors strike.

introduces young readers to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans through the real-life story of the authors maternal grandparents.and that furthermore I did not trust them with it.will pirate-spy Alfie really betray the Imperials who have shown him affection.

So pick an issue you care about — and maybe it’s book-banning — and go to the mat for it.specifically her references to the deeply American tradition of racism in providing the historical context for the camps.

Maggie Tokuda-HallRafu: What inspired you to write books for young readers? Were you influenced as a kid by the books your parents wrote?Tokuda-Hall: I was influenced by my parents in that they’re both natural storytellers.

There’s nothing pretentious about a child’s opinion of a book.and created the Judicial Conference.

Not because we disagree with some of the courts decisions.which the justices are subject to.

but because its legitimacy depends on Americans having faith that those decisions were arrived at fairly and objectively.she also questioned a panel of legal experts about the need for a strong Supreme Court code of ethics during a Judiciary Committee hearing.