On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the U.S. military to ban anyone from certain areas of the country, with primary focus on the West Coast. Eventually the order was used to imprison 120,000 people of Japanese descent in incarceration camps
Camp Zero: a Novel
β Scribed by Michelle Min Sterling
- Book ID
- 111326391
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- EN-US
- Weight
- 637 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781668007587
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β¦ Synopsis
A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick
In a near-future northern settlement, the fates of a young woman, a professor, and a mysterious collective of researchers collide in this mesmerizing and transportive debut that "delivers its big ideas with suspense, endlessly surprising twists, and abundant heart" (Jessamine Chan,New York Times bestselling author).
In remote northern Canada, a team led by a visionary American architect is breakΒing ground on a building project called Camp Zero, intended to be the beginning of a new way of life. A clever and determined young woman code-named Rose is offered a chance to join the Blooms, a group hired to entertain the men in camp--but her real mission is to secretly monitor the mercurial architect in charge. In return, she'll receive a home for her climate-displaced Korean immigrant mother and herself.
Rose quickly secures the trust of her target, only to discover that everyone has a...
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