Sheg yabu's family watched what was happening. His parents owned a dry cleaning business on devisidero street in san francisc. They had to sell or give away most of their possessions, even their furniture. Shek had to change schools. He remembers his teacher throwing a farewell party before he moved. And what was embarrassing to me was she was crying because i was leaving. Gess she knew more about the war situation than i did.
When Shigeru Yabu was 9 years old, he and his family were incarcerated at Heart Mountain Internment Camp, along with thousands of other Japanese and Japanese American families. One day, Shigeru discovered a baby magpie that had fallen out of its nest. He named her Maggie. “That bird walked up my arm all the way to my shoulder, and we looked at each other, eye to eye.”
Shigeru Yabu’s book is Hello Maggie!
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