The Panama Hotel in Seattle has been boarded up for decades, but the new owner has made a startling discovery in the basement: belongings stored by Japanese families sent to interment camps during the Second World War. As Henry Lee stands in the crowd he wonders if a link still exists to the girl he lost his young heart to, so many years ago.

With over a million copies sold worldwide this captivating debut is a story of the sacrifices one boy makes for love and for his country. Based on true events and real places, this is a perfect story for book groups. 'Ford deftly pulls off a Hollywood-worthy romance, one anchored to a true event...An entertaining and often illuminating tale' "The Spectator"