This is not an ordinary book: it's a BookCrossing book! BookCrossing books are world travelers - they like to have adventures and make new friends...and every once in a while they even write home to say what they've been doing.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

From a rummage sale at Koganji Temple; larger photo here.

A novel in free verse about a subject I didn't know anything about: the evacuation of the Aleutian Islands during WWII. Even for the islanders who were evacuated by the US government (as opposed to being taken prisoner by the Japanese) many of them lost their possessions, significant elements of their culture, and even their lives. The conditions in their camps were terrible, and many islanders never returned to their home villages; either they didn't survive, they moved to town, or in some cases they weren't allowed to go home; some villages simply ceased to exist.

Vera's story is a fictional look at a heartbreaking episode in Alaska's history.

---

Themes for Secretariat's 2017 Never Judge a Book By Its Cover Challenge (3rd quarter):

Week 29: author names beginning with J, K, L, or M
Week 32: children on cover
Week 33: script in title

Wednesday, October 4, 2017: left on one of the tables outside. (Larger photo here.)

Released for Secretariat's 2017 Never Judge a Book By Its Cover Challenge (week 39: 3rd quarter re-do) and Secretariat's You're Such an Animal challenge.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

I'm so glad you've found this book!

Please take a moment to make a journal entry and let this book's previous readers know that it's safe with you.

How and where did you find the book? What did you think of it? What are you going to do with it next?

It's now your book, for you to do with as you please: keep it, pass it to a friend, or maybe even leave it where someone else can find it!

If you've ever wondered where your books go after they leave your hands, join BookCrossing and you may find out: you'll be able to follow the further adventures of your books as new readers make journal entries - sometimes from surprisingly far-flung locations.

(Think of it like Where's George for books: a little like geocaching or a treasure hunt - you can follow a registered book's journey every time someone makes a new entry. Some BookCrossers even leave books *in* geocaches!)

BookCrossing: making the whole world a library!