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Summary: During World War II, Americans of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned by their own government after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This is the account of how a remarkable librarian became a lifeline to 'her children', as she called the middle- and high-school-aged Japanese Americans of San Diego whom she had come to know and love. Told through letters, student essays and recent oral histories with survivors, this narrative is woven with the voices of the incarcerated - the experiences, struggles and challenges they faced before, during and even long after the war. Thanks to the books, gifts and mail sent by Clara Breed, they held on to their faith in better times to come