Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in America
and Japan, Allen Say gives us a poignant acount of a family's unique
cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two
countries, and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at
once. "The immigrant experience has rarely been so poignantly evoked as
it is in this direct, lyrical narrative that is able to stir emotions
through the sheer simplicity of its telling." -- Horn Book, starred
review