Under the Blood-Red Sun

Under the Blood-Red SunBy: Graham Salisbury Series: Prisoners of the Empire Series Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth grade team, the Rats. But then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomis father and grandfather

And if he taught her anything

and lessons learned from his own life

Filled with anecdotes

even more powerful than the last time she nearly killed Peter and Ezekiel

a real-life entrepreneur and outlaw who appeared in the lawless Florida Everglades around the turn of the century

There is nothing remotely ordinary about how he died

So she brought her taxes to Rosemary Robbins

and for the clear lucidity of its language

stubborn unicorns

And when Aunt May decides to take extraordinary steps to save Peter's life

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