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Author Grady, Cynthia, author.

Title Write to me : letters from Japanese American children to the Librarian they left behind / Cynthia Grady ; illustrated by Amiko Hirao.

Publication Info. Watertown, MA : Publishing, Inc., [2018]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1838457~S1
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 95th Street Juvenile Nonfiction  J 940.531 GRA    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Nonfiction  J 940.531 GRA    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Nonfiction  J 940.531 GRA    AVAILABLE
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Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary When Executive Order 9066 is enacted after the attack at Pearl Harbor, children's librarian Clara Breed's young Japanese American patrons are to be sent to prison camp. Before they are moved, Breed asks the children to write her letters and gives them books to take with them. Through the three years of their internment, the children correspond with Miss Breed, sharing their stories, providing feedback on books, and creating a record of their experiences.
Subject Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children -- Correspondence -- Juvenile literature.
Breed, Clara E. (Clara Estelle), 1906-1994 -- Correspondence -- Juvenile literature.
Children's librarians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Japanese Americans -- California -- San Diego -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Hirao, Amiko, illustrator.
Added Title Letters from Japanese American children to the Librarian they left behind
ISBN 9781580896887 (reinforced for library use : alk. paper)
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