Weedflower

珍珠港事件爆發之後，日本移民在美國飽受歧視。十二歲的Sumiko無法理解鄰居對他們怒目相向，仇恨就像野草一樣在花園裡蔓生。於是他們舉家移居到印地安人保留區，女孩與當地人做朋友，雖然生活相對閉鎖，但卻較其他地方為安全，Sumiko也慢慢長成一個青少女了，她的夢想是開一家花店，但是他是否能夠如願？

Cynthia Kadohata因為Kira-kira獲得2005年童書界最大獎紐伯瑞金牌獎。她擅長書寫寧靜但卻充滿力量的故事，直到闔上書，讀者都還可以感覺到字裡行間縈繞不去的感染力。這個故事Weedflower發生的背景可以說是美國歷史上最慘痛的一頁，Kadohat以如詩歌般的文筆，流暢優美地說出這個傷心的故事。

After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.