Pearl Harbor Changed Life For A Japanese American Girl

Frances Kakugawa of Sacramento was 5 years old and living in Hawaii when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. She remembers it as a time of confusion, but the questions it raised for her now inform her writing and poetry.She was 5 years old and attending a birthday party when she learned about Pearl Harbor. What did it all mean to a cheerful little girl in Hawaii?

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