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A review by kkukowski
Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris
5.0
Wow. I have not read a WW2 book centered around the Japanese internment camps. This story starts off with Maddie, Lane, and Maddie’s brother TJ. Maddie and Lane fall in love and sneak away to be married. But because Pearl Harbor happens the next day-they don’t have the chance to tell their families. It doesn’t matter-because Lane is of Japanese descent and the entire town-and friends-turn on them both.
From there-the reader is thrust into the Japanese area of the war. TJ-once best friends to Lane-enlists, and Lane and his family is sent to an internment camp. After awhile, Maddie refuses to be without her new husband and joins him-where she sees firsthand the affects of racism towards Japanese-Americans.
This is the first book in over a year that had me in tears. The events that happen over the next four years -end up affecting all the people in the book for the rest of their lives. The author did an amazing job connecting you to each person on a personal level.
The end of the story-heartbreaking. A wonderfully written story.
From there-the reader is thrust into the Japanese area of the war. TJ-once best friends to Lane-enlists, and Lane and his family is sent to an internment camp. After awhile, Maddie refuses to be without her new husband and joins him-where she sees firsthand the affects of racism towards Japanese-Americans.
This is the first book in over a year that had me in tears. The events that happen over the next four years -end up affecting all the people in the book for the rest of their lives. The author did an amazing job connecting you to each person on a personal level.
The end of the story-heartbreaking. A wonderfully written story.