Suzanne Lieurance

Harry Yakamoto grew up in Seven Cedars, California playing baseball, going to school, and working at his family's restaurant. As a young Japanese American, he faced discrimination daily, but when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, his life would change forever. Forced to move to a relocation center in the desert of California, Harry and his family have to start a new life behind barbed wire and guarded watchtowers. Readers follow Harry Yakamoto...

Six exciting authors from the United States and Canada share stories from their personal lives. Come along and experience what it's like to prepare for a hurricane in south Florida, start out on a European adventure with two small children and a husband in tow, or swim in a clay pit in Texas (hint: if Grandpa comes with you, be sure he keeps his mouth closed when jumping in). You'll even get tips for finding four-leaf clovers, plus, you'll learn what...

In The Reveres: A Family Forced Apart, Paul Revere, Jr. must defend his home while his mother and sisters flee Boston and join his father who is in exile after warning Hancock and Adams of the approaching British. The young Paul, and his friend, Thomas hunt squirrels and scare away intruders. They must be brave and resourceful, and when their families return, it is clear that they have become young men.

A child describes the joys of all different kinds of shoelaces.