A review by lrmsreads
Dash by Kirby Larson

4.0

Back to the Novel Quest list with my son. Dash by Kirby Larson is about Mitsi, a Japanese-American girl, whose family ended up in the Japanese internment camps during WWII. She learns as they are about to leave that her dog, Dash, can't go with her. Fortunately, a very kind neighbor lady she has befriended is willing to take him. This book handled what happened to friendships between white children and Japanese children after Pearl Harbor. It also demonstrated the sacrifices and what life was like for the families in the camp. Though it did show many of the hardships, it also made it seem mostly okay, I hope this book isn't painting too bright a picture of what it was like. Overall though, it was a sweet story that opens up an opportunity to talk with kids about that part of history and I think it's great.