Love in the Library

I read this for library card sign up month about a year ago.
Finding love in a library at a Japanese internment camp is both lovely and heartbreaking. It's amazing how love can grow despite such hardships, it carries a hopeful tone.

Tama and George have been sent to live in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II. Tama runs the library, and George comes to the library every day. Before long, they begin to talk and soon they marry.

Along with the terrible parts of being incarcerated during the war comes happiness, too.

A little story based on the true stories of the author's grandparents.

A beautifully illustrated story about finding hope and joy in books and love. Set in the Minidoka incarceration camp and based off of the author's real grandparents, this is an accessible yet honest depiction of Japanese internment camps. I think this would be a great classroom resource for teachers to integrate into history lessons and read aloud.