Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Such a beautiful and heartbreaking story about a boy's experience in a Japanese internment camp during the WII,
It's also a story about how a lot of Japanese people could cope with such an horrible life's style and injustice thanks to the Baseball.

Sandy's love for this sport helped him deal with all the difficult changes that he and his family had to endure after the Pearl Habore's attack. I loved it because it was about how much family is more important than anything else, home is always where your family remains.

A wonderful book with great illustrations, the artist's style works so well with the story, a vintage kind of style. I liked it, amazing idea.

Another part of the history where we witness again the great foolishness of the humanity which might made you angry and sad to see our narrow minds at their worst. Will it change? We keep hoping.

Stealing Home by J. Torres is the heartbreaking story of a young Canadian boy who is sent to a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Sandy Saito is a happy child, whose passion in life is baseball, specifically the Asahi team that are the pride of his Japanese Canadian community. But his idyllic life in Canada changes drastically following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour, and Sandy soon realizes that life will never be the same for his family. Separated from his father, a doctor, whose skills have taken him to where he is most needed, Sandy spends his days longing for a time when the two could bond over their shared passion for baseball.

This is such an important story in Canada's history and the details, while difficult to fathom, are clearly well-researched and presented with great understanding and sensitivity. I would recommend this book most highly.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Kids Can Press for an ARC.