Oppenheim, Joanne. Dear Miss Breed

[Mary]

Has anyone had a chance to read this book yet?

A colleague just sent me an article about it from USA Today, and it sounds quite interesting. SubtitledTrue Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference, it tells the (true) story of a librarian who befriended Japanese-American children who later were incarcerated during WWII.

[Teresa]

I haven't finished the book yet because it had holds so I couldn't renew it. It is an interesting way to explore the topic, but I'm not sure it holds together well enough between the interviews and the letters to merit the award. It could have been organized in a way that would be easier to follow the various experiences of different people. I wanted to know about each individual person's experience as a whole and not through what they wrote to Miss Breed. This is quite unfair of me, since I haven't finished the book. Anyone finish the book who sees it as a strong contender?