Description:
The amazing true story of US Senator Mazie Hirono will inspire young readers to believe in the American dream.
Come journey with 8-year-old Mazie as she leaves her home country of Japan to make a new life in Hawaii. As an immigrant, she faces the challenges of learning a new language, making friends and finding her calling as a lawyer-politician. From immigrant to United State Senator, Mazie finds the strength and courage to become a champion for justice.
Brief description:
Leslie Ann Hayashi is a retired judge, author, and artist. She has written several children's books, contributed to various short story collections, and won several writing awards. Her husband, Alan Van Etten, is an attorney in Honolulu. Both are proud members of the ABA since the 1970s and 1980s. Their older son, Justin, is in-house counsel at Figma in San Francisco. He and his wife, Jannie, have a daughter, Tanni, whom Gma and Gpa love dearly. Their second son, Taylor, works for Remitly in Seattle. He and his wife Marina are parents to a beautiful Corgi named Freya.