The Inker's Shadow

Caldecott medalist, Allen say, presents a companion to his award-wining drawing from memory-the story of his coming-of-age at a military academy and the discovery of what it means to be American. For Allen Say, life as teen in Southern California was a cold existence. His father, one of the leading Hamburger salesmen in japan, ran a booming burger business, much like McDonald's and sent Allen to an American military academy, so that his son could learn English and "become a success in life. "