When Mitzi and her Japanese-American family are moved to an internment camp during the Second World War, she and her best friend, the rebellious Ruthie, plan to meet after the war at Golden Gate Park. Reprint.

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Grade 3-6-- Fifth-grade Ruthie befriends fourth-grade Mitzi in San Francisco just as America enters World War II. Anti-Japanese feeling runs high, and both girls must struggle against blind prejudice (Mitzi is Japanese-American). Though loving detail of both time and place firmly anchor this novel in history, it is basically the story of a friendship that grows through adversity. At first a bit reluctantly, later with increasing courage, Ruthie defends Mitzi when she is taunted by bigoted and belligerent classmates. She loses her best friend, Shirl, in the process, but there are also a few pleasant surprises: a strict, disliked teacher turns out to have more moral fiber than a suave, adored one, and Ruthie's taciturn father proves an unexpected ally. Her wrestling with many principles is realistically portrayed with all the stops and starts of an 11-year-old, as she struggles with her own feelings of right and wrong, indignation and guilt, hope and impotence. Savin's style is graceful and her dialogue highly believable, as is her psychological acuity in character development. Mitzi and her family's internment is devastating for both girls. Yoshiko Uchida's Journey to Topaz (Creative Arts, 1985) and Journey Home (Aladdin, 1982) tell of this blot on American history from the viewpoint of one of its victims. Savin gives us the standpoint of the friends of conscience who endeavor to maintain the friendship despite the overwhelming forces of society. As such, it makes a fine complement to Uchida's classics. --John Philbrook, San Francisco Public Library
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