Fifteen-year-old Yasu Sakamota loves living in Glenville, California, but Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, turns her young life in to a devastating nightmare. Within weeks her family is imprisoned in a camp in eastern California. Surrounded by barbwire fences and the constant watch of armed guards, Yasu and her older brother, Haro, struggle to accept the overcrowded living conditions and hardships of camp life. As time passes, the confinement, strict regulations, and humiliation force them to make courageous choices that will change their lives forever.