Interned

by D.R. Graham

Interned is a 75,000 word Young Adult historical drama set against the backdrop of the internment of Japanese Canadians from Mayne Island, BC during World War II. Eighteen-year-old Hayden Pierce and seventeen-year-old Chidori Setoguchi are engaged to be married, but on December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour and the war reaches Mayne Island. The government publishes evacuation orders that force the Setoguchis into an internment camp, and before finding out where Chidori has been relocated to, Hayden is shipped-off to basic training.Hayden fights as a Spitfire pilot in Europe for three years until he is shot down and forced into a prisoner camp. Starving, cold, and beat down, Hayden is tormented by nightmares of his sister's suicide and the carnage he witnessed in battle. The only thing that prevents him from unravelling is the thought of going home to Chidori – but the home he remembers doesn't exist anymore. Government restrictions forbid Japanese Canadians from living near the BC coast, so a pregnant Chidori and her family travel to work at a sugar beet farm in Lethbridge, Alberta. Her uncle is deported to Japan, her brother is sent to a work camp, and the government sells off all of their possessions on Mayne Island. Despite the hard labour, harsh winters, and racist treatment, Chidori decides to make the best of their new home – she has no choice.After almost one year in a prisoner camp, Germany surrenders and Hayden is finally able to make his way back to Chidori and the three-year-old son he's never met. Reuniting with a family he doesn't know anymore, in a town he's never been to before, while haunted by the trauma of war is the toughest battle of his life – one he might not be strong enough to endure.

16 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 20, 2012

About the author

Danielle R. Graham is a multi-published cross-genre author with HarperCollins. From sweet, romantic and funny to edgy, psychological and historical, D.R. Graham’s books blend genres and break boundaries.

Danielle R. Graham is also an art and play therapist in private practice. Her romance, suspense, and psychological thrillers deal with issues relevant to young adults in love, transition, or crisis.

She splits time between Vancouver and Mayne Island, British Columbia with her husband. Visit her website: www.drgrahambooks.com
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