{"product_id":"barbed-wire-between-us-9781636551920","title":"Barbed Wire Between Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA breathtaking reverso poem about two girls--separated by barbed wire, connected across generations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e⭐ Starred review from Kirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e⭐ Starred review from Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Kirkus Most Anticipated Children's Book of Spring 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBarbed Wire Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e, a single poem holds two lives, separated by decades yet bound by the same stretch of barbed wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead forward, a Japanese American girl is uprooted and sent to an incarceration camp during World War II, her world reduced to dust, distance, and longing. Read in reverse, and the poem transforms: now a Latina girl stands in that same place, detained generations later, her story echoing across time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith language as spare as it is powerful, Mia Wenjen shapes a reverso poem that reveals how history can fold in on itself--how loss, resilience, and hope repeat in new forms. Violeta Encarnación's evocative artwork deepens the emotional landscape, illuminating both the quiet tenderness and the stark realities of life behind the wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, they create a book that reads like a mirror held up to the past--and the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA luminous and unflinching meditation on memory, injustice, and the fragile promise of belonging, \u003ci\u003eBarbed Wire Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e lingers long after the final line--asking not only what happened, but what we choose to see, and what we dare to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mia Wenjen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Comet Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636551920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMia Wenjen\u003c\/b\u003e is an Asian American author who blogs about parenting, children's books, and education at pragmaticmom.com. She is the cocreator of Multicultural Children's Book Day\/Read Your World. She is the author of several illustrated children's books, including \u003ci\u003eWe Sing from the Heart, The Traveling Taco, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFortune Cookies for Everyone\u003c\/i\u003e, also from Red Comet Press. Wenjen lives in Boston with her husband and three kids. Follow her at #PragmaticMom on X, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook. \u003cb\u003eVioleta Encarnaci\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eó\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003en \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning Cuban illustrator based in Brooklyn. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City and enjoys telling stories through her work and creating art with traditional materials, digital media, and animation.\u003ci\u003e Barbed Wire Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e is her second picture book project. Visit her online at violetaencarnacion.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mia Wenjen \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47809020493981,"sku":"9781636551920","price":39.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c9bf9d71-e759-40e7-ae11-1d68951d7fc6.jpg?v=1775555611","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/barbed-wire-between-us-9781636551920","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}