Tamiko and her classmates are tasked with making paper balloons. When the Japanese military recruits young girls for a secret project, Nellie and Tamiko's lives become even more directly linked. Thousands of miles apart, the two girls share the same wish, for the war to be over. In southern Japan, Tamiko passes the time writing in her diary, hoping one day she can work in the theater making costumes, and praying her brother Kyo will make it back home from fighting. In rural Oregon, Nellie passes the time laying under the stars, wishing for her Pa to come back home, and for Joey, her next door neighbor to talk to her like they used to before his brother was killed in the war. Nellie and Tamiko live on opposite sides of the world, on opposite sides of World War II. A middle grade novel of historical fiction explores a true story of the only WWII casualties in the continental U.S.
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