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New from Monica Hesse, the bestselling and award-winning author of Girl in the Blue Coat -- an "important" (New York Times Book Review), "extraordinary" (Booklist, starred review) novel of conviction, friendship, and betrayal.
"A must-read for fans of historical fiction." --Ruta Sepetys, #1 New York Times bestselling author
It's 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe and the Pacific. The war seemed far away from Margot in Iowa and Haruko in Colorado--until they were uprooted to dusty Texas, all because of the places their parents once called home Germany and Japan.
Haruko and Margot meet at the high school in Crystal City, a "family internment camp" for those accused of colluding with the enemy. The teens discover that they are polar opposites in so many ways, except for one that seems to override all the others the camp is changing them, day by day and piece by piece. Haruko finds herself consumed by fear for her soldier brother and distrust of her father, who she knows is keeping something from her. And Margot is doing everything she can to keep her family whole as her mother's health deteriorates and her rational, patriotic father becomes a man who distrusts America and fraternizes with Nazis.
With everything around them falling apart, Margot and Haruko find solace in their growing, secret friendship. But in a prison the government has deemed full of spies, can they trust anyone--even each other?
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"THE WAR OUTSIDE by Monica Hesse
Texas was the site of Crystal City – an internment camp for “Enemy Aliens†during World War II. Crystal City was for those people of German, Japanese or Italian ancestry that the government believed might be spies. Haruku and Margot both accompanied fathers who were suspects. They lived on opposite sides of the camp but became friends – sort of. This story gives a glimpse into the reality of their lives and that of the others interned at Crystal City. They were American teenagers, but because someone in their family was suspect, they had been uprooted and sent to a hot, dusty, ill equipped prison. They were enemies to each other and to their country.
Hesse writes clearly of young people confused and conflicted and does it extremely well. Margot and Haruku live and breathe. They become friends - and enemies. They trust each other - and break that trust. We learn of their families – their love, their politics, their fears, their coping – and their NOT coping.
Engrossing, terrifying, moving, sweet and bittersweet – all these and more. Ultimately a story of betrayal and forgiveness, THE WAR OUTSIDE is thought provoking and well worth reading.
5 of 5 stars"
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- THE WAR OUTSIDE by Monica Hesse
Texas was the site of Crystal City – an internment camp for “Enemy Aliens†during World War II. Crystal City was for those people of German, Japanese or Italian ancestry that the government believed might be spies. Haruku and Margot both accompanied fathers who were suspects. They lived on opposite sides of the camp but became friends – sort of. This story gives a glimpse into the reality of their lives and that of the others interned at Crystal City. They were American teenagers, but because someone in their family was suspect, they had been uprooted and sent to a hot, dusty, ill equipped prison. They were enemies to each other and to their country.
Hesse writes clearly of young people confused and conflicted and does it extremely well. Margot and Haruku live and breathe. They become friends - and enemies. They trust each other - and break that trust. We learn of their families – their love, their politics, their fears, their coping – and their NOT coping.
Engrossing, terrifying, moving, sweet and bittersweet – all these and more. Ultimately a story of betrayal and forgiveness, THE WAR OUTSIDE is thought provoking and well worth reading.
5 of 5 stars - I loved this book. I read it in one sitting and the ending left me wanting more from Margot and Haruko's stories. This is a new perspective in WWII historical fiction, and I really enjoyed reading about the perspectives of German and Japanese families in an internment camp.
- A wonderful book about friendship and a fictional view about American history we like to sweep under the rug.
- “The War Outside†is set in one of the internment camps set up in the United States during WWII for certain American citizens from Japan and Germany.
The story takes place at an internment camp in a Texas town called Crystal City.
(There were many such camps by the way; one was in a backwater town called Minidoka, near my own hometown in southern Idaho.)
The book, though fiction, adheres strongly to historical fact.
It is an excellent read, but what makes it particularly poignant is that it was written well before families were ripped apart at our border with Mexico.
If I had read the book before our current humanitarian crisis took place, it would have been eye-opening enough.
But reading it after the very recent internment of over 2300 South American children forcefully separated from their parents at the border, this story breaks my heart in new places, places that won't heal in the present system of things.
The book was hard to read, knowing for myself now that this type of injustice can occur anywhere anytime to those who have no recourse.
There are two separated groups within the internment camp in Crystal City, Texas. One is comprised of Japanese Americans, the other, much smaller, of German Americans.
Each community keeps to itself, but two teenagers cross the invisible line to form a close bond of friendship.
They are Margot and Haruko.
The story is told alternately from the point of view of each girl.
We know from the beginning that something dreadful happens along the way that causes an insurmountable breach between these friends.
In the German camp, there is a Nazi loyalist faction. As Margot sees her father resist the pressure to join, she becomes more and more afraid that out of his despair and isolation he will succumb.
There is a single project underway that both camps will freely enjoy access to, a large public swimming pool.
When at last the pool is finished, both camps have a formal celebration together. But this moment of camaraderie is ominously interrupted by a parade made up of the Nazi breakaway group from the German side.
The public swimming pool is a great success though, with both German and Japanese children enjoying relief from the Texas heat and an opportunity to become better acquainted.
Then a tragedy occurs at the pool that separates the two camps more emphatically than before, and outright enmity develops, with devastating consequences.
The close bond between Margot and Haruko is destroyed.
Categorized as YA historical fiction, “The War Outside" is an important read for adults as well as for teenagers.
It pierces deeply into the centers of love and betrayal, self-doubt and forgiveness.
The denouement of this heart-rending story is most unexpected, simultaneously hopeful and filled with despair.
Monica Hesse has done her homework in writing this account.
Although it is fiction, she composes her work as closely as possible to reflect real people, places and events.
The Note on Historical Accuracy at the end of the book is well worth reading. - The War Outside is a YA novel that could easily cross over to adult. Set in 1944, Margot and Haruko are both interned in Crystal City, a camp for not only Japanese Americans during World War II, but also Germans who are suspected of being Nazis. Margot's family has come from Iowa while Haruko's has come from Colorado. Even in the camp their friendship is frowned upon as they must remain in their own areas of Crystal City. Yet, they meet in an ice house, finding some common ground and a friendship of sorts.
Hesse's novel is well researched and she has included bits and pieces of life in Crystal City that are fascinating a swimming pool for the residents, the tragic drowning of two young girls in the pool, schools for the children, time off for soldiers who are then allowed to visit their family at the camp, and even repatriation of prisoners to their homeland in exchange for American prisoners of war.
As the story unfolds their friendship is put to the test, and Hesse manages to create a situation that is believable and will leave readers thinking. I loved this novel the setting, the characters and all the attention to the details of that time period all come together to make this book hard to put down.
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