The book includes photographs and documents from the time period, enhancing the impact of a painful and devastating part of America’s past.Ĭhee graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2007, where she studied literature and creative writing, before earning a master of arts degree from San Francisco State University. We Are Not Free is an intimate portrayal of 14 San Francisco teenagers whose lives are turned upside down by the forced incarceration of more than 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II. The five finalists in each category were selected by a panel of literary experts, and the winners will be announced on November 18. The book was selected from nearly 1,700 submissions in five categories-Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young People’s Literature and Translated Literature.
With overlapping stories of swashbuckling pirates and merciless assassins, The Reader is a brilliantly told adventure from an extraordinary new talent.We Are Not Free, a work of historical fiction by UC Santa Cruz alumna Traci Chee, has been named a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. With the help of this book, and the aid of a mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed - and punish the people responsible. The only clue to both her aunt's disappearance and her father's murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book - a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin's been taken, or if she's even alive.
After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. A stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of, perfect for fans of Inkheart and Shadow and Bone.
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