Short-listed for the 2012 Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award and for the 2011 Hackmatack Childrens Choice Award (When the Cherry Blossoms Fell) This special bundle contains all of Jennifer Marunos Cherry Blossom novels about the internment of Japanese-Canadians, viewed through the eyes of nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa.Includes:When the Cherry Blossoms FellNine-year-old Michiko bids her father goodbye. She doesnt know the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of the province. Ten days later, her family joins hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train to the interior of B.C. She must face local prejudice, the worst winter in forty years, and her first Christmas without her father.Cherry Blossom WinterAfter the bombing of Pearl Harbor, ten-year-old Michikos familys possessions are confiscated and they are sent to a small community. After a former Asahi baseball star becomes her new teacher, life gets better. Baseball fever hits town, and when Michiko challenges the adults to a game with her class, the whole town turns out.Cherry Blossom Baseball NEW!After her family is forced to move by Canadas racist wartime policies, Michiko is the only Japanese kid at school. One nice thing is that shes a hit at the local baseball tryouts. Theres just one problem: everyone thinks shes a boy. What is she to do when they find her out do as shes told and quit, or pitch like never before? Maruno brings to life this tragic part of Canadian history while showing that, among the poverty and loss experienced by the internees, strong communities were still able to grow. Quill& Quire

Jennifer Maruno is a long-time educator. Her debut novel,When the Cherry Blossoms Fell, was shortlisted for the Hackmatack Award and the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice Award. She is also the author ofWarbird, Cherry Blossom Winter, Kid Soldier, andTotem. She lives in Burlington, Ontario.