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Under the harsh summer sun, Mari s art class has begun. But it s hard to think of anything to draw in a place where nothing beautiful grows especially a place like Topaz, the internment camp where Mari s family and thousands of other Japanese Americans have been sent to live during World War II. Somehow, glimmers of hope begin to surface in the eyes of a kindly art teacher, in the tender words of Mari s parents, and in the smile of a new friend. Amy Lee-Tai s sensitive prose and Felicia Hoshino s stunning mixed-media images show that hope can survive even the harshest injustice.