A review by abbyprolman
Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, a look into the treatment of Japanese people in America and Ruth's own conflict of identity. The one thing for me is the way the time in the camps are written read more like an article with a few personal parts and I would have preferred more of the daily life of the camps and seeing them all learn about these things through radio or letter or a sign rather than dates and orders and a supreme court case just being kind of listed off, for me that just took away from the characters. I would have loved to have seen more of Ruth learning about her Hawaiian heritage but did enjoy Ruth's introduction to Japanese heritage.