Star Sand
English
By (author): Roger Pulvers
In 1958, a diary is found in a cave on the small Japanese island of Hatoma. Alongside it are the remains of three people.
The journal reveals the story of Hiromi, a sixteen-year-old girl whod grown up in the United States before living in Japan in the midst of World War II. One day, while collecting star sandtiny star-shaped fossilsHiromi finds two army deserters hiding in the seaside cavernone American, one Japanese. The soldiers dont speak the same language, but theyve reached an agreement based on a shared hope: to cause no more harm and survive. Hiromi resolves to care for the menfeeding them and nursing their ailmentsdespite the risk that, if caught, shell die alongside them as a traitor. But when a fourth person joins in on their secret, they must face a threat from within. The diary abruptly ends, leaving everyones fate a mystery.
Decades later, in 2011, a young female university student decides to finally determine who died in that cave and who lived. Her search will lead her to the lone survivorand bring closure to a gripping tale of heroism at a time when committing to peace was the most dangerous act of all.
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