Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook by Beverly Patt

The year is 1942, and the bombing of Pearl Harbor has brought the United States into World War II.  Louise and her Japanese friend, Dottie, are separated when the United States requires all Japanese American families living on the west coast to relocate to internment camps.  These camps take away the rights, freedom, property, and dignity of the Japanese families.  Dottie and Louise keep in touch by writing letters which are presented in this book in scrapbook format, and include many historical pictures. 

This book is based upon a story the author's mother told her about a family she knew during her own childhood who was relocated to an internment camp.  Though this is a fiction book, the author's research provides much information about what life was like for both girls during this time time of war.