Fiction: Heart Of A Champion


heartofachampion.jpegBook: Heart Of A Champion
Author: Ellen Schwartz

 http://www.ellenschwartz.net/heart-of-a-champion


Ten-year-old Kenji (Kenny) Sakamoto worships his older brother Mitsuo (Mickey), a star on the Vancouver Asahi baseball team. Despite Kenny’s suspected heart condition, he is determined to practice secretly so that he, too, can one day try out for the Asahis. But when Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in 1941, Kenny and his family, along with thousands of other Japanese Canadians, are sent to an internment camp in the interior of British Columbia. There, Kenny struggles to keep his family’s spirits up among the deplorable conditions in the camp. Could baseball play a part in helping Kenny realize his dream?

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 5, 2016 at 7:51 AM

    this book was pretty good I don't really like baseball but I love all sports

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  2. AnonymousDecember 11, 2016 at 10:15 AM

    I loved it but I hated the ending. They are trapped in this place and the story ends with everyone happy even though they are confined in a sad prison place in New Denver

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2017 at 7:06 AM

    This book was heartwarming. The story was extremely sad but I love how Kenny was able to keep on keeping on when times were hard and how the Japanese community in the internment camp was able to still live as one and celebrate their holidays and how Kenny organized the whole baseball field where the two teams could play. Overall, this was a great book and a heartwarming read.

    -Peter

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