![]() ![]() ![]() The last page includes a brief statement by the author. A gust of wind blow the tags away, and he releases the two tags he carries with them. Climbing into a hole in the ground, he falls asleep upon waking, he finds children-who appear to be Native American-with his kayak and name tags on the ground. When his sight comes back, he finds a single tag with his mother's name on it. Going back outside, he finds many Japanese American children with tags, the guard towers and searchlights that blind him. ![]() Going into one, he finds it empty, except for a tag like the ones the girls wear, with his name on it. When the dust clears, they find themselves before a sea of barracks against a mountain backdrop, resembling ![]() They tell him they came from "the camp." He goes with them to search for help, but they hit a dust storm. Going closer, he sees that they are two little Japanese Americans girls, both wearing coats and tags, as in the famous photograph by Climbing up, he exits to a desert scene that he initially assumes is an Indian reservation, with ruins of a building and two human figures. Stepping out of the river onto a bank, he finds a ladder leading to a shaft of light. Losing the kayak and all his gear, he finds himself in an underground river. But then the river turns to rapids, and he falls down a waterfall. Children's picture book by Allen Say inspired by the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.īegins with an unnamed Asian American man preparing to kayak down a river. ![]()
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