Wholesale Barbed Wire Baseball (PB)

"Moss is a skilled author of historical narrative nonfiction for young readers; her tale is both well researched and well told. But it's the visually stunning, sensitive illustrations by the hugely talented Shimizu that make the book a standout." —New York Times Book Review Author Marissa Moss and illustrator Yuko Shimizu's Barbed Wire Baseball is a picture book that movingly tells a true story set in a Japanese American internment camp in World War II. During World War II, Japanese American baseball player Kenichi "Zeni" Zenimura was sent to an internment camp in the Arizona desert. But even behind barbed wire, Zeni refused to give up the game he loved. With grit, determination, and a deep belief in the power of baseball, he carved a field from the dust and built a team that brought hope and dignity to thousands. As a young boy, Kenichi Zenimura (Zeni) wanted to be a baseball player, even though everyone told him he was too small.