Under the Blood-Red Sun

Under the Blood-Red Sun

By Graham Salisbury
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“The author subtly reveals the natural suspicions of the Americans and the equally natural bewilderment of the Japanese immigrants when they suddenly become the personification of the enemy. It is a tribute to the writer’s craft that, though there are no easy answers in the story, there is empathy for both cultures…[An] impressive view of the Japanese American experience during the war.”

Booklist

Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 1995

Winner of California Young Reader Medal, 1999

Winner of Hawaii Nene Award, 1998

Nominated for Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award, 1998

Winner of Massachusetts Children's Book Master List, 1996

Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty.

World War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats.

But then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi’s father and grandfather are arrested. It’s a terrifying time to be Japanese in America. But one thing doesn’t change: the loyalty of Tomi’s buddies, the Rats.