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\n Author:Toshio Mori;\nTitle:Children of Topaz;\nPubName:;\nPubDate:1945;\nPubDetails:;\nDOI:;\nWebsite:\n \n http://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-17/ddr-pc-17-6-master-311b6747f7-a.jpg\n \n ;\n

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\n A snowfall at\n \n Topaz\n \n brings children out of the barracks to engage in snowball fights and snowman building. They recall friends back home and wish their non-Japanese American friends can join them in play. The very short story by\n \n Toshio Mori\n \n —dubbed \"A Sketch\"—appeared in the\n \n \n Pacific Citizen\n \n \n newspaper in 1945.\n

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\n Mori, Toshio. \"\n \n Children of Topaz.\n \n \"\n \n Pacific Citizen\n \n , Feb. 10, 1945, 6.\n

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