In this book, is about Kenichi "Zeni" Zenimura, a Japanese-American who was one of the hundreds of thousands placed in an internment camp during WWII. This story follows his love and dedication to the game of baseball which he brought to the internment camp to bring joy in such a hard time. This book could be great for 2rd-3th grade. I would use this in my class to share about finding the good in hard situations, and how when you are determined, you can do so much. You could also form a lesson around how what someone does might affect others.

This is a Biographical picture book about the story of Kenichi Zenimura, a Japanese-American baseball player, who helped the sport of baseball and through so much adversity, created a way to be able to do what he loved, even when he was put in an internment camp. I think this book would be good to use for secondary students, even though it is a picture book, to introduce them to different perspectives of WWII, as well as a story of overcoming obstacles that may be in your way.

An uplifting story about WWII Japanese Internment and baseball. Fantastic artwork plus great storytelling = win. ( )

This book shows an uplifting side to the Japanese internment camps in the United States. The main character takes the devastating aspect of being in an internment camp and makes it into something tolerable through the game of baseball. I would recommend this for any age, but mostly grades third through fifth grade, as it does deal with the Japanese internment camp topic. ( )

A young, Japanese American boy dreams of playing professional baseball, but the attack on Pearl Harbor shatters his dreams and forces his family to an internment camp. This story is based on the life of Kenichi Zenimura, considered the father of Japanese American baseball.