Marissa Moss

Kenichi Zenimura just wants to play baseball, even though everyone tells him he is much too small. He proves them all wrong by growing up to be a true star, eventually playing alongside legends like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. But everything changes in 1941. When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Zeni and his family are forced from their home and sent to a dusty, desolate internment camp along with thousands of other Japanese Americans. Trapped behind barbed wire in a bleak desert, Zeni decides he will not let his spirit be broken. Using sheer determination, he builds a baseball diamond right in the middle of the camp. Discover the inspiring true story of how one man brought a beloved game and a vital sense of hope to a community that desperately needed a reason to cheer.

When Frank Thompson sees a poster calling for new recruits for the Union army, he does not hesitate to enlist. But Frank is hiding a massive secret. He is not actually a man at all. He is really Sarah Emma Edmonds, a fiercely independent nineteen-year-old who has been living in disguise to escape a terrible arranged marriage. Desperate to fight for her country during the Civil War, Sarah joins a Michigan infantry regiment and proves herself to be an exceptional soldier. After taking on the grueling job of nursing the wounded, her incredible heroism catches the attention of military leaders. Soon, she is asked to cross enemy lines and infiltrate a Confederate camp as a master spy. Discover the breathtaking true story of one of history's bravest and most unlikely heroes.