In 1941, racial tensions are rising in the California community where nine-year-old sachiko kimura and her seventeen-year-old brother, nobu, live. Japan has attacked pearl harbor, people are angry, and one night, sachiko...In 1941, racial tensions are rising in the California community where nine-year-old sachiko kimura and her seventeen-year-old brother, nobu, live. Japan has attacked pearl harbor, people are angry, and one night, sachiko and nobu witness three teenage boys taunting and beating their father in the park.