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Name: Barbed wire baseball
Author: Marissa Moss

Kenichi ‘Zeni’ Zenimura is a young boy who dreams of playing professional baseball. When Japan invades Pearl Harbor in 1941, his family is sent to a Japanese internment camp. Despite the harsh conditions and limited resources, Zeni brings baseball to the camp and finds a new sense of hope.

First publish date: 2013

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography

Authors: Marissa Moss

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