Books by this author
During World War II, Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps. Isolated and bored, baseball became a life and soul-saving pastime which successfully brought very different people together. Darkly hued illustrations evoke the difficulty of the time, based on the author’s family story. Spanish version available.
Baseball Saved Us
Ken Mochizuki
Illustrator:
Dom Lee Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction In this tribute to martial arts legend Bruce Lee, Ken Mochizuki tells the story of Lee’s childhood and youth in Hong Kong before coming to America. Dramatic illustrations evoking sepia photographs depict Bruce’s power and grace as he mastered the martial arts throughout his young life.
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Be Water, My Friend
Ken Mochizuki
Illustrator:
Dom Lee Age Level:
9-12 As a young boy, Hiroki Sugihara lived in Lithuania, where his father was a diplomat. One morning, the family woke up to find a crowd of people outside of the house. They were Jews from Poland looking for visas and safe passage to Japan. Despite the danger that he and his family would be in, Hiroki’s father began writing visas for the refugees and continued for many days, saving thousands of lives — “Sugihara’s survivors.” This unforgettable story as remembered by Hiroki will resonate with readers for a long time to come.
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Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
Ken Mochizuki, Hiroki Sugihara
Age Level:
6-9