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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

by Jamie Ford
Ballantine. 2009. 304p. ISBN 9780345505330. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780345512505.
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In this moving story of innocence lost, Chinese American Henry and Japanese American Keiko form a strong friendship in 1940s Seattle but are torn apart when Keiko's family are arrested and put in an internment camp by the American government. (SLJ 5/09)
Reviewed by Staff , Jan 02, 2019
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