First edition. 8vo. 156pp. Quarter-bound beige cloth over sage-green paper boards, lettered in grey to spine. Map endpapers. B/w linocut illustrations by Evon Zerbetz.
Past winner of the Newbery Medal. Ages: 10 – 14. A novel in un-rhymed verse. An Aleutian Islander recounts her suffering during World War II in American internment camps designed to "protect" the population from the invading Japanese.