A Corner of the Universe is a novel published in 2002 by Ann M Martin. The novel takes place in the summer of 1960, centering on the 11-year-old narrator's life. Living with her father and mother in Millerton, Pennsylvania, Hattie Owen helps her mother run a boarding house. However, after Hattie's Uncle Adam comes to visit, Hattie's summer plans are derailed, leading to tragedy. The novel deals with themes of family, human understanding and empathy.
Snow falling on cedars written by David Guterson is a novel written on the American Japanese people of the early 1930s On the San Piedro Island located off the coast of mainland Washington a Japanese American fisherman named Kabuo Miyamoto goes on trial for the murder of Carl Heine a well liked local fisherman and respected war veteran Kabuos wife Hatsue is there throughout the whole trail supporting her innocent husband Ishmael Chambers is another war veteran who is the same age as Carl is the