Both of them fear failure in the marketplace because of the grandmother's birthmark which has before branded her as a witch in their small village. In the end, the weave of relationship and cloth bring them through fear and separation to success. Illustrations are a whirl of color and emotion. Ken Mochizuki's Baseball Saved Us begins in a California internment camp during World War II . The author uses baseball to show how a Japanese boy changes prejudice and racial hatred into a constructive anger that earns him the respect and honor of his family and teammates.
Illustrations are monochromatic and dramatic.
Dakari Hru's Joshua's Masai Mask is the story of an African-American boy who finds his way beyond the image of cool by basing his attitude on the richness of his heritage and his inner music. The agent of change is a Masai mask that lets Joshua slip in and out of several eye-opening perspectives. Before we discovered Lee and Low, I was beginning to think that what I wanted in multicultural books was impossible to find. Lee and Low books put universal feelings in specific cultural contexts. They have found authors who are able to be true to cultures, characters, kids and their own artistic vision.