This light between us : a novel of World War II by Fukuda, Andrew Xia 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2020)

BTSB #: P07984 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: United States.|bArmy. - Regimental Combat Team, 442nd - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Japanese Americans - Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945 - Fiction Jews - France - Paris - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction

Summary: In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Levy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army.

We are not free by Chee, Traci 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020)

BTSB #: 209402 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.5 UG Lexile: 860

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction California - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps.

We are not free by Chee, Traci 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 209428 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.5 UG Lexile: 860

Genres:

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Large print books California - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps. In large print hardcover format.

We are not free by Chee, Traci 

Paperback(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2022)

BTSB #: 209450 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.5 UG

Genres:

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction California - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps.

Write to me : letters from Japanese American children to the Librarian they left behind by Grady, Cynthia 

Paperback(Charlesbridge, 2019)

BTSB #: 144498 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.3 LG F&P: Q

Genres:

Subjects: Breed, Clara E.|q(Clara Estelle),|d1906-1994 - Correspondence Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 - Japanese Americans World War, 1939-1945 - Children - United States Japanese American children - Correspondence Children's librarians - United States - Biography Japanese Americans - California - San Diego - History World War, 1939-1945 - United States World War, 1939-1945 - American personal narratives

Summary: A touching story about Japanese American children who corresponded with their beloved librarian while they were imprisoned in World War II internment camps.