num_pages: 168
description: Like any 11-year-old, Yuki Sakane is looking forward to Christmas when her peaceful world is suddenly shattered by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Uprooted from her home and shipped with thousands of West Coast Japanese Americans to a desert concentration camp called Topaz, Yuki and her family face new hardships daily.
language: English
title: Journey to Topaz
titlecomplete: Journey to Topaz
genres: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, School, Young Adult, American History, War, Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 1444
places: Topaz Relocation Camp, Utah, Utah
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Heyday