num_pages: 305
description: An essential American novel from Sandra Dallas, an unparalleled writer of our history, and our deepest emotions...During World War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers.This is Tallgrass as Rennie Stroud has never seen it before. She has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and, with them, a shift in her perspective. And Rennie will discover secrets that can destroy even the most sacred things.Part thriller, part historical novel, Tallgrass is a riveting exploration of the darkest—and best—parts of the human heart.
language: English
title: Tallgrass
titlecomplete: Tallgrass
genres: Historical, Mystery, World War II, Adult, Adult Fiction, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Book Club
ratings_count: 11618
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Western Short Novel, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: WILLA Literary Award
category: Historical Fiction (Finalist), awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: St. Martin's Press