MEI LING IN CHINA CITY/MEI LING EN LA CIUDAD CHINA
Icy Smith, illustrated by Gayle Garner Roski. East West Discovery Press
Set in Los Angeles during World War II and based on actual events, this bilingual English-and-Spanish story follows Mei Ling Lee, a Chinese American girl, and her Japanese American friend, Yayeko Akiyama. After Japanese Americans are compelled to enter relocation camps, the friends are separated, with Mei Ling’s family at Manzanar. They maintain their friendship in letters. Watercolor art portrays Los Angeles’s China City and Manzanar, while notes and historical photographs provide further context. A closing reunion recalls the friends’ meeting 66 years later.
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