Reviews for A Giant Surprise

The average rating for A Giant Surprise based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-10-24 00:00:00 Charles Fitzsimmons A well-written and simply stated memoir of a young Japanese-American woman's life experience before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. She had all the hopes and dreams that any American girl would have had only to have them snatched away. Even her freedom. She was five months away from getting her degree in education from the University of California when she was separated from her father and sent with her mother and sister to the first of two internment camps. Her spirit, strength and perseverance overcame the hurt and prejudice implied by the American government to obtain release from the camp to go east and earn her master's degree and get the respect and life that she should have had all along. An eye-opening read.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-02-24 00:00:00 Nancy Barnes Just a fabulous book about the Japanese American experience before and during WWII. Highly recommend it as a read aloud book with a preteen In order to discuss it. Also love that my great grandparents, the Okubos, were mentioned. I remember meeting the author when I was a young adult and being awed by her grace.