Lois sepahban6/24/2023 It was easy to incorporate these setting details into the story. In one of these books, I saw photographs of children imprisoned there and a story began to take shape in my mind.īecause I grew up in the area, I was familiar with the climate-the dust, the dry, cracked earth, the difficult task of keeping a garden alive. I read every nonfiction book I could find about Manzanar and the other World War II prison camps. This purposeful ignoring stoked my curiosity. Manzanar was given just a few sentences in my history textbooks if it was mentioned at all. One might think that because of this, I learned all about the history of Manzanar-through field trips and guest speakers to classrooms and such. Lois Sepahban: I grew up in central California, not far from Manzanar. KidLit Craft: What gave you the idea for the story? What elements of the story do you have strong personal connections with? Lois hails from Minnesota and has written non-fiction for children. ( See our craft review here.) Below you’ll find Lois’s thoughtful responses, which give insight into her writing process and research process, as well as the story itself. We are delighted to have Lois Sepahban, author of Paper Wishes, stop by to answer some of our questions.
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