Andrew Hayes Williams (Boeken)

Andrew Hayes Williams Boeken

Andrew Hayes Williams creëert verhalen die zich verdiepen in historische settings en de complexiteit van de menselijke psychologie verkennen. Zijn schrijfstijl verschuift soepel tussen scherpe satire en diepgaande ernst, wat lezers een rijke en gevarieerde literaire reis biedt. Williams staat bekend om zijn vermogen om de menselijke natuur en historische gebeurtenissen te onderzoeken door middel van meeslepende verhalen. Zijn werk spreekt een breed publiek aan, zowel jongvolwassenen als volwassen lezers.

In Light of December: A Story of Japanese Internment

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"America is under attack." With those words, life would change forever. Before December 1941, Yoshi Yamaguchi thought nothing could be lousier than being seventeen. He hated high school, his crush didn't notice him, and his only future was working at his family's grocery store. But after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II, the Yamaguchis were told they would be forced to "relocate." What would the Manzanar internment camp be like? What awaited them behind the barbed wire fence? Yoshi didn't know, but soon, he would be forced to make the most difficult decision of his life. Extensively researched and beautifully illustrated, filled with heart and humor, this story asks what it means to be an American--and what it means to be free