384 pages | Trade Paperback

From award-winning YA author Andrew Fukuda comesThis Light Between Us, a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen palsa Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girlas they fight to maintain hope in a time of war.

I remember visiting Manzanar and standing in the windswept plains where over tenthousand internees were once imprisoned, their voices cut off. I remember how much I wanted to write a story that did right by them. Hopefully this book delivers.Andrew Fukuda

In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki from Bainbridge Island, Washington is disgusted when hes forced to become pen pals with Charlie Lvy of Paris, Franceagirl. He thought she was a boy. In spite of Alexs reluctance, their letters continue to fly across the Atlanticand along with them, the shared hopes and dreams of friendship. Until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the growing Nazi persecution of Jews force them to confront the darkest aspects of human nature.

From the desolation of an internment camp on the plains of Manzanar to the horrors of Auschwitz and the devastation of European battlefields, the only thing they can hold onto are the memories of their letters. But nothing can dispel the light between them.