celebrating the release of her new book for young people

Fish For Jimmy

written and illustrated by Katie Yamasaki

published by Holiday House

Join Katie Yamasaki in this special evening as she reads from and discusses her new book.

Fish For Jimmy is an adaptation of the author's true family story, an affecting tale of courage and love. It is inspired by a family's experience in a Japanese-American Internment Camp.

For two boys in a Japanese-American family, everything changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States went to war. With the family forced to leave their home and go to an internment camp, Jimmy loses his appetite. Older brother Taro takes matters into his own hands and, night after night, sneaks out of the camp, and catches fresh fish for Jimmy to help make him strong again.

Katie Yamasaki is an illustrator, muralist, and arts educator in the New York City public schools. Visit her at katieyamasaki.com