I loved this book. I think it is a great book for historical fiction. I loved the format of the writing it was like reading a story in a poem and I loved it.

The setting is 1942 and the Aleutian Islands are torn apart by war. Invaded by Japan and then the United States, the Aleutian culture, like their land, is scattered and decimated.

Told from the perspective of Vera, this is an excellent chronicle of the destruction and senselessness of war.

This is a very good Historical Fiction book. There are many different spots that can be turned into a good lesson about some less talked about subjects during the world war. I think this is a nice was a introduce this to the children. I also think that this book would work well with some sort of compare and contrast with the Diary of Anne Frank. These are very similar books and I think you could make many references to each. Very good book here.

In my favorite genre--verse novels. Untold story of the treatment of Americans in the Aleutian Islands during WWII

Beginning was confusing but the end was great

The subject and people group of this book was interesting, but I didn't enjoy it as much as her others.

I usually love Karen Hesse, but I didn't much like this book. While it was a great idea to write about such a hard part of our history, this book was really hard to follow.

Had never heard of this part of history and really found it interesting and of course very sad.

Poetry about the evacuation of the Aleutian Islanders before WW 2.

chapter 2 recommended reading

Started slowly but entirely worth it.

Never read about this side of of WWII. Pretty rough. Beautifully written.