A Place Where Sunflowers Grow (English and Japanese Edition)

Under the harsh summer sun, Maris art class has begun. But its hard to think of anything to draw in a place where nothing beautiful grows especially a place like Topaz, the internment camp where Maris family and thousands of other Japanese Americans have been sent to live during World War II. Somehow, glimmers of hope begin to surface in the eyes of a kindly art teacher, in the tender words of Maris parents, and in the smile of a new friend. Amy Lee-Tais sensitive prose and Felicia Hoshinos stunning mixed-media images show that hope can survive alongside even the harshest injustice.