The Fences Between Us (Dear America)

This book represents so much of what I hate about racial representation in American pop culture. Fences is about a young white girl whose father ministers at a Japanese Baptist church during World War II. When the Japanese are interned after Pearl Harbor, he moves with his daughter to Idaho to conti......more

The book was alright. Though to be honest I'd have rather it been from the point of view of her Japanese friend who actually has to live in the camps that they mention. I think it would have made the book much stronger and interesting then it is. It also made me a little uncomfortable because it see......more

Award-winning author Kirby Larson, author of many outstanding titles including the Newbery winner Hattie Big Sky, offers us the first title in a relaunch of Scholastic's popular Dear America series. The Fences Between Us is the diary of Piper Davis, the appealing 13-year old daughter of a pastor at......more

I wasn't expecting much from this to be perfectly honest. My mother found an arc and passed it on to me and upon first glance, I thought it too childish for me. I needed a quick, uncomplicated read just until I could pick up my library books but ended up reading it all day and the library books just......more

It is always good to remember what we have done in the past to hope we will not repeat them.......more