Emily Inouye Huey

Jul 12, 2024 | slj.com | Emily Inouye Huey |Laura Ellis |Chelsea Clinton |Carole Weatherford

. Mar. 2024. 32p. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9781639932085. COPY ISBN PreS-Gr 3–Young basketball enthusiasts today may not connect the history of the game to Japan or World War II. A Japanese American man named Wat Misaka served in WWII and broke the color line of what would become the National Basketball Association (NBA). Misaka, the son of immigrant parents from Japan, was born in America and loved being Japanese and American. Sadly, he often did not feel America loved him back.