by Michael Kluckner (Author)
Wartime, 1944, in the British Columbia Interior - a farm boy becomes curious about the predicament of two Japanese-Canadian teenagers marooned on a nearby farm with their families, unable to live in their former homes on the coast. His friendship with the girl, Toshiko, blossoms into romance and becomes a scandal following a fight at a school dance. Thrown out of his house by his racist father, he sets off with her on a freight train bound for Vancouver.
Author Biography
Michael Kluckner's illustrated books include Vanishing Vancouver, detailed histories of Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto, a sketchbook of Canada's cultural landscapes, and memoirs of farm life. Also, by Michael Kluckner and Midtown Press are graphic novels set in British Columbia: The Rooming House; Toshiko and Julia set in the past; 2050 in the future; and a book of art entitled Here & Gone