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Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire
SKU
025449
ISBN
9781580897891
Grade 4-7
3 In Stock
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Description
This is a fascinating book about life in a Japanese internment camp from an eight-year-old child's perspective, coupled with documentary style explanation of what they experienced. It is obvious that the author went to great lengths to present this accurate account and to present pictures of the camp, people, and activities they did. A dear friend of ours was interned in one of these camps during WWII. We have even visited one of the West Coast camps his family had to live in. This book is an excellent resource for anyone that wants to learn more about this period in American history. 134 pgs, hc. ~Amber
Publisher's Description of Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire
A classroom diary created by Japanese American children paints a vivid picture of daily life in a so-called “internment camp.” Mae Yanagi was eight years old when she started school at Topaz Camp in Utah. She and her third-grade classmates began keeping an illustrated diary, full of details about schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, and health–as experienced from behind barbed wire. Diary pages, archival photographs, and narrative nonfiction text convey the harsh changes experienced by the children, as well as their remarkable resilience.