| Description |
134 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Audience |
1090L Lexile |
| Note |
1090L Lexile |
| Contents |
Prologue: "I pledge allegiance" -- Unwanted -- A square mile of desert -- Barracks, mess halls, and latrines -- School days -- The war -- Take me out to the ball game -- Creatures -- Holidays, festivals, and worship -- Is there a doctor in the house? -- Congratulations and condolences, hellos and goodbyes -- Going home -- Epilogue: Moving forward. |
| Summary |
"In March 1943, twenty-seven children began third grade in a strange new environment: the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Together with their teacher, Miss Yamauchi, these uprooted young Americans began keeping a classroom diary, with a different child illustrating each day's entry. Their full-color diary entries paint a vivid picture of daily life in an internment camp: schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, health--and the mixed feelings of citizens who were loyal but distrusted"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index. |
| Subject |
Central Utah Relocation Center -- Juvenile literature.
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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.
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Japanese American children -- Diaries -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
9781580897891 (reinforced for library use) |
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