Ken Mochizuki
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Author Ken Mochizuki reads his award-winning book BASEBALL SAVED US, about a Japanese American boy who learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II. Hearing about how his ability to play the game helps him after the war is over adds to this touching story. Listening to the author read his story about Chiune Sugihara in A PASSAGE TO FREEDOM offers an even more dramatic understanding of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.
5) Heroes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Japanese American Donnie, whose playmates insist he be the "bad guy" in their war games, calls on his reluctant father and uncle to help him get away from that role.