Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin. — Julie Otsuka Copy Share Image
“In early autumn the farm recruiters arrived to sign up new workers, and the War Relocation Authority allowed many of the young men and… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
And if anyone asks, you're Chinese. The boy had nodded. "Chinese," he whispered. "I'm Chinese." "And I," said the girl, "am the Queen of… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“We praised them when they were kind to others but told them not to expect to be rewarded for their good deeds. We scolded… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“SOME SAID that the men had been put on trains and sent far away, over the mountains, to the coldest part of the country.… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“They learned that some people are born luckier than others and that things in this world do not always go as you plan. STILL” — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Don't touch me," said the girl. "I want to be sick by myself." "That's impossible," said her mother. She continued to rub her back… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“A Japanese can live on a teaspoonful of rice a day. We were the best breed of worker they had ever hired in their… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“They learned that they should always call the restaurant first. Do you serve Japanese?” — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“And if they ask you someday what it was I most wanted to say, please tell them, if you would, it was this: I'm… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Many of us had lost everything and left saying nothing at all. All of us left wearing white numbered identification tags tied to our… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Because the man who stood there before us was not our father. He was somebody else, a stranger who had been sent back in… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“ladies began boycotting our fruit stands because they were afraid our produce might be tainted with arsenic. Insurance companies canceled our insurance. Banks froze… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Their old life seemed far away and remote to him now, like a dream he could not quite remember. The bright green grass, the… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“The ads in the papers all said 'help wanted, will train,' but wherever she went she was turned down. "The position's just been filled,"… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Or was their guilt written plainly, and for all the world to see, across their face? Was it their face, in fact, for which… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
