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Gr 5–7—Twelve-year-old Ruby Opal Pearl, known as Jewels, lives in Sea Park, OR (population 542), and is entering seventh grade and "poooooberty" just as the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Sea Park is a quiet tourist town, but its most prominent citizen, and one of the most important people in Jewels's life, is Tommy Kaye, a man with Japanese ancestry. Mr. Kaye owns many businesses in town, including the Stay and Play, the tourist cabins where Jewels lives with her unconventional mother, "Malice Alice," and her studio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More