After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a girl's Japanese American grandfather is sent to an incarceration camp in Hawaii, where collecting seashells becomes a source of comfort and hope.
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson is a Japanese American author-illustrator who grew up in both America and Japan. She now lives in California in a house filled with three generations of family, two languages, and countless books and art supplies. She's the author-illustrator of The Mochi Makers and Shell Song. Visit her at SharonFJ.com.
