This was a follow-up book to Journey to Topaz. Topaz was a concentration camp set up by the United States government during World War II. It was where the government sent all of the Japanese-Americans because they were thought to be enemies. They were even called alien-enemies.
The story was told by Yuki, a Japanese-American. Yuki and her parents were out of the concentration camp now, but many of her friends were still there. The one thing Yuki wanted most was to go home to California and back to her old life, but the Japanese were barred from the West Coast by law. She wanted her brother to come back from the war, he volunteered for service when they were in the concentration camp. He was somewhere in Italy fighting for the United States. Finally, Yuki and her family were able to go home to Berkeley, California, but not to there old house or their old life. There lives had changed forever. Yuki was witness to many injustices toward her family just because they were Japanese, but not from everyone. Yuki and her family never gave up hope that their lives would be better, but it would never be the same.
Other works by Yoshiko Uchida include The Best Bad Thing, Tears of Autumn, The Wise Old Woman, Sumi’s Prize, The Birthday Visitor, Two Foolish Cats, Magic Purse, Invisible Thread, The Bracelet, The Forever Christmas Tree, and A Jar of Dreams.
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