Desert diary : Japanese American kids behind barbed wire by Tunnell, Michael O. 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2020)

BTSB #: 893676 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 9-13   
Lexile: 1090

Genres:

Subjects: Central Utah Relocation Center Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 - Japanese Americans - Personal narratives Japanese American children - Diaries World War, 1939-1945 - Children - United States

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.

Fred Korematsu [My Itty-Bitty Bio]by Loh-Hagan, Virginia 

BTSB Prebound(Cherry Lake, 2022)

BTSB #: 583993 Available

Dewey: 341.6/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 1.7 LG Lexile: 410

Genres:

Subjects: Korematsu, Fred,|d1919-2005 Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Japanese Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Civil rights workers - United States - Biography Japanese Americans - Biography

Summary: Examines the life of civil rights hero Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American who stood up for other Japanese Americans during World War II.

They called us enemy by Takei, George 

Paperback(Top Shelf Productions, 2019)

BTSB #: 871046 Available

Dewey: 940.53/AAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.6 MG+RC: 5.2 6-8 Lexile: 680 GN

Genres:

Subjects: Takei, George,|d1937- Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.) Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Japanese American - California - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Concentration camps - United States Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Camp Tulelake (Calif.) California - History|y1850-1950

Summary: A stunning memoir in graphic novel format recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps, as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon--and America itself--in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.

They called us enemy by Takei, George 

BTSB Prebound(Top Shelf Productions, 2019)

BTSB #: 871083 Available

Dewey: 940.53/AAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.6 MG+RC: 5.2 6-8 Lexile: 680 GN

Genres:

Subjects: Takei, George,|d1937- Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.) Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Japanese American - California - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Concentration camps - United States Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Camp Tulelake (Calif.) California - History|y1850-1950

Summary: A stunning memoir in graphic novel format recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps, as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon--and America itself--in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.

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.