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\"...Fish for Jimmy is the first picture book both written and illustrated by Katie Yamasaki, who drew on the true stories of her family to tell a fictional tale. Two siblings, Taro and his young brother, Jimmy, enjoy a happy life in California. Their father, an immigrant from Japan, has opened a successful vegetable market, and their mother cooks fresh fish from the Pacific Ocean.

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All this changes after Pearl Harbor. Their father is taken away, and Taro, Jimmy and their mother are sent to an internment camp, surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards. Jimmy is deeply shaken by the experience and refuses to eat the American breakfasts of fried eggs and sausage, longing instead for his mother’s home-cooked Japanese meals. In an impressive show of compassion and bravery, Taro sneaks out of the camp to get fresh fish for his brother, which helps renew his spirits...\" (continue reading)

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