This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II

This story. Wow.

I don't think I've ever rooted more for a character than either Alex or Charlie. This novel makes the pain of being separated, called out, slurred, so very real. It is the end of childhood in all its madness.

I've read quite a few WW2 books, and I've read a few books including the Japanese internment camps in the U.S. This story gives you an impassioned glimpse of the inner struggles of the families in those camps. Unfortunately, this is not a happily ever after sort of tale - it is probably more real for the time and place in that way.

The author gives a little fantasy/magic to this story, but it does not change the world.

I'd recommend this to teenagers through adults.