Nagai, Mariko. Under the Broken Sky. Macmillan Publishers. Poetic Narrative/ Historical Fiction. Gr 5+. 304 pages.

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Natsu is a 12 year old girl living in a Japanese enclave in Manchuria during WWII. When her father is drafted and the war comes to her door, Natsu and her sister and ‘Auntie’ are displaced. The trio find themselves swept up in the refugee tide of Japanese settlers caught between the Chinese and the Soviets.