Though many balloons made it to American soil, for the most part, they did limited damage however, six civilians were killed, including children. Meanwhile, in Japan, thousands of high school girls, including Toshiko Inoue, were tasked with a secret mission they endured long hours and harsh conditions to make balloon bombs designed to attack the United States. Yuzuru Takeshita, born and raised in California and who also lived in Japan for some time, struggled with the injustice of being unlawfully imprisoned. Stone takes great pains to convey the blatant discrimination against people of Japanese descent, who were stripped of their rights and imprisoned in camps. Succinct narration interspersed with photographs, notes, and quotes explains the events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States entering World War II. Groups of people on different sides of the globe find themselves linked by World War II.
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