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The Journal Of Ben Uchida Summary

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The Journal of Ben Uchida was a historical fiction book about a Japanese boy named Ben who has to be moved to an internment camp named Mirror Lake with his mother and sister. The camp is a bad place to live. There are dust storms, the food is bad, and the houses are small and cheaply built. The Uchidas are housed with another family, the Tashimas. Mr. Tashima is a good woodworker and makes furniture for them. Ben also meets another kid named Mike who invites him onto the baseball team. He becomes friends with Mike along with another kid named Kenny. After Mike purposely loses the championship baseball game they are not as good of friends. Soon after Ben’s dad comes. He is sick and just sits for most of the time. Later, there is an announcement
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