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"body": "<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div id=\"databox-Books\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n Title:Within These Lines;\nAuthor:Stephanie Morrill;\nIllustrator:;\nOrigTitle:;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nSeries:;\nGenre:Children's; Historical Fiction;\nPublisher:Blink;\nPubDate:2019;\nCurrentPublisher:;\nCurrentPubDate:;\nMediaType:;\nPages:352;\nAwards:\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2020-best-fiction-young-adults\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n 2020 Best Fiction for Young Adults, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)\n </a>\n ;\nISBN:;\nWorldCatLink:;\n </p>\n </div>\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n RGMediaType:books;\nTitle:Within These Lines;\nCreators:Stephanie Morrill;\nInterestLevel:Grades 7-8; Grades 9-12;\nReadingLevel:Grades 7-8; Grades 9-12;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:HL730L;\nTheme:Everlasting love; Losing hope; Overcoming – fear, weakness, vice;\nGenre:Children's; Historical Fiction;\nPoV:Told from dual perspectives of Nisei young man and Italian American young woman;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:Widely available;\nFreeWebVersion:No;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:;\nGeography:San Francisco Bay Area;\nChronology:1941–42;\nFacility:Manzanar [7] - Manzanar, California;\n </p>\n </div>\n </div>\n <p>\n Young adult novel by Stephanie Morrill centering on the forbidden romance between Italian American Evalina Cassano and Nisei Taichi Hamasaki in the San Francisco Bay Area against the backdrop of the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. Having met in the course of their families' businesses—Taichi delivers produce from the Hamasaki family farm to Cassano's Italian restaurant—they keep their romance secret from their families as the story begins in March of 1942. But the Hamasakis' forced removal to\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Manzanar\" title=\"Manzanar\">\n Manzanar\n </a>\n throws another wrench into their hopes for a future together. The story ends at the end of 1942, with the\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Manzanar_riot/uprising\" title=\"Manzanar riot/uprising\">\n December uprising\n </a>\n serving as its climax, with a brief epilogue that takes place in 1950.\n </p>\n <p>\n Morrill specializes in young adult novels with female protagonists \"who are on an adventure to discover their unique place in the world,\" as noted on her website.\n <i>\n Within These Lines\n </i>\n is her second historical novel—2017's\n <i>\n The Lost Girl of Astor Street\n </i>\n was set in 1924 Chicago—to go with several contemporary books. She grew up partially in California and had heard of the Japanese American incarceration but knew little about it. She was inspired to write the book by a 2017 episode of the \"Stuff You Missed in History Class\" podcast, wondering what it would be like to be an Italian American girl who was in love with a Japanese American boy. She spent a year doing research online and reading Japanese American memoirs and also struck up a correspondence with\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Manzanar_National_Historic_Site\" title=\"Manzanar National Historic Site\">\n Manzanar National Historic Site\n </a>\n Park Ranger Patricia Biggs, eventually visiting the site shortly before the book's publication.\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n [1]\n </a>\n </sup>\n </p>\n <p>\n The history is generally handled well, and many real people at Manzanar make appearances including\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Karl_Yoneda\" title=\"Karl Yoneda\">\n Karl and Elaine Yoneda\n </a>\n ,\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Ralph_Merritt\" title=\"Ralph Merritt\">\n Ralph Merritt\n </a>\n , and\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Fred_Tayama\" title=\"Fred Tayama\">\n Fred Tayama\n </a>\n . An \"About the History\" section at the end of the book provides some background on the Japanese American incarceration and notes some of the historical liberties that were taken. Morrill writes that she decided to send the Hamasakis to Manzanar even though they likely would have been sent to\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Santa_Anita_(detention_facility)\" title=\"Santa Anita (detention facility)\">\n Santa Anita\n </a>\n . In fact, as residents of\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Alameda,_California\" title=\"Alameda, California\">\n Alameda\n </a>\n , the Hamasakis would have had to vacate in February 1942, with most Japanese American Alamedans ending up being sent to\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Tanforan_(detention_facility)\" title=\"Tanforan (detention facility)\">\n Tanforan\n </a>\n and then to\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Topaz\" title=\"Topaz\">\n Topaz\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n <b>\n Authored by\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n Brian Niiya\n </a>\n , Densho\n </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n Might also like\n <i>\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Weedflower%20(book)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Weedflower\n </a>\n </i>\n by Cynthia Kadohata;\n <i>\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Hotel%20on%20the%20Corner%20of%20Bitter%20and%20Sweet%20(book)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet\n </a>\n </i>\n by Jamie Ford;\n <i>\n Beneath the Wide Silk Sky\n </i>\n by Emily Inouye Huey\n </p>\n</div>\n",
"moreinfo": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n For More Information\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n Author website:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.stephaniemorrill.com/withintheselines/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.stephaniemorrill.com/withintheselines/\n </a>\n </p>\n <p>\n Publisher website:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.harpercollinsfocus.com/9780310765233/within-these-lines/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.harpercollinsfocus.com/9780310765233/within-these-lines/\n </a>\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"reviews": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Reviews\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Reviews\">\n Reviews\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n Bakaletz, Maryjean.\n <i>\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://www.slj.com/review/within-these-lines\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n School Library Journal\n </a>\n </i>\n , Mar. 1, 2019. . [\"…the author's extensive research helps to create a rich and engaging atmosphere that will transport readers.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n Patterson, Savannah.\n <i>\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://www.booklistonline.com/Within-These-Lines/pid=9713904\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Booklist\n </a>\n </i>\n , Feb. 15, 2019. [\"Morrill produces a historical novel that blends devastating true events with lifelike fictional characters as it brings history to life.\"]\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"footnotes": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n Footnotes\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <div class=\"reflist\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n <div class=\"mw-references-wrap\">\n <ol class=\"references\">\n <li id=\"cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n <span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n ↑\n </a>\n </span>\n <span class=\"reference-text\">\n Stephanie Morrill website,\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.stephaniemorrill.com/about-stephanie/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.stephaniemorrill.com/about-stephanie/\n </a>\n ; Tara K. Ross and Rebekah Black, The Hope Prose Podcast, Episode 8, Stephanie Morrill, Oct. 6, 2019\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.tarakross.com/podcast-1/episode/c1870bdc/episode-8-stephanie-morrill\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.tarakross.com/podcast-1/episode/c1870bdc/episode-8-stephanie-morrill\n </a>\n ; Author, Spotlight Within These Lines Q&A with Stephanie Morrill, Faithfully Bookish blog, Mar. 5, 2019\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://faithfullybookish.com/2019/03/05/within-these-lines-qa-giveaway/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://faithfullybookish.com/2019/03/05/within-these-lines-qa-giveaway/\n </a>\n ; Stephanie Morrill—The Story Behind Within These Lines, blinkyabooks,\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVatuHOXziU\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVatuHOXziU\n </a>\n , all accessed on Aug. 23, 2023.\n </span>\n </li>\n </ol>\n </div>\n </div>\n <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20240418160659\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.021 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.028 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 381/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 7858/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1736/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 5/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 1361/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00% 18.854 1 -total\n 12.88% 2.429 1 Template:Reflist\n 12.58% 2.372 1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 11.43% 2.154 1 Template:Databox-Books\n 7.38% 1.391 1 Template:Published\n 7.27% 1.370 1 Template:AuthorByline\n 7.03% 1.325 1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:4545-0!canonical and timestamp 20240418160659 and revision id 35665\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"
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