Aleutian Sparrow - Karen Hesse - $10.95

In June 1942, after the Japanese began bombing the Aleutian Islands, America forcibly evacuated the native people to relocation centres in Alaska. This is the true story of one girl’s survival and her attempt to keep community and heritage intact in the hardest of conditions. Beautiful look at life on the Aleutians, including the Russian Orthodox customs. Ages 11 - 18 yrs