Baseball saved us by Mochizuki, Ken 

Paperback(Lee & Low Books, 2012)

BTSB #: 650561 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-11   
Lexile: 550 AD F&P: O

Genres:

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction Japanese baseball - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction Baseball - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction

Summary: A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.

Baseball saved us by Mochizuki, Ken 

BTSB Prebound(Lee & Low Books, 2018)

BTSB #: 650570 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-9   
Lexile: 550 AD F&P: O

Genres: Sports Multicultural

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction Japanese baseball - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction Baseball - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction

Summary: A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.

Dash [Dogs of World War II]by Larson, Kirby 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2014)

BTSB #: 543613 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG RC: 3.3 3-5 Lexile: 570

Genres: Historical Fiction Animals

Subjects: Puyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup, Wash.) - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Washington (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: When her family is forced into an internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and her beloved dog Dash; and as her family begins to come apart around her, Mitsi clings to her one connection to the outer world--the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for Dash.

Dash by Larson, Kirby 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)

BTSB #: P02664 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction Animals

Subjects: Puyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup, Wash.) - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Washington (State) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: When her family is forced into an internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and her beloved dog Dash; and as her family begins to come apart around her, Mitsi clings to her one connection to the outer world -- the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for Dash.

Diamond in the desert by Fitzmaurice, Kathryn 

Paperback(Viking, 2012)

BTSB #: 339634 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5 MG RC: 5.3 6-8

Genres:

Subjects: Gila River Relocation Center - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction Baseball - Fiction

Summary: After the Pearl Harbor attack, Tetsu & his family are relocated to Arizona where Tetsu plays baseball until his sister becomes ill.

Fences between us : the diary of Piper Davis : Seattle, Washington, 1941 by Larson, Kirby 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2010)

BTSB #: P01270 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Minidoka Relocation Center - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction Diaries - Fiction

Summary: One fateful day in December 1941, Piper Davis awaits news of her brother, a soldier on the battleship Arizona stationed in Pearl Harbor. Explosions rule the earth and sky, and Piper wonders what will become of her brother, and of her life in Seattle, as rationing and blackouts take hold. Soon, Piper is greeted by another grim reality -- the incarceration of her Japanese neighbors.

Four-four-two by Hughes, Dean 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016)

BTSB #: 469985 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 820

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: United States.|bArmy.|bRegimental Combat Team, 442nd - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Soldiers - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction

Summary: Forced into an internment camp at the start of World War II, eighteen-year-old Yuki enlists in the Army to fight for the Allies as a member of the "Four-Four-Two," a segregated Japanese American regiment.

Painting the rainbow by Gordon, Amy 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2014)

BTSB #: 386754 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 760

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Cousins - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Secrets - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Family life - New Hampshire - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction New Hampshire - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: During Holly and Ivy's annual month-long visit at the family's New Hampshire lake house in 1965, the distance that seems to be growing between the thirteen-year-old cousins fades when they accidentally uncover hints of a family secret dating back to World War II.

Paper wishes by Sepahban, Lois 

Paperback(Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2016)

BTSB #: 800251 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 3.8 MG RC: 3.2 3-5 Lexile: 550

Genres:

Subjects: Manzanar War Relocation Center - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction Selective mutism - Fiction Family life - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction

Summary: Near the start of World War II, young Manami, her parents, and Grandfather are evacuated from their home and sent to Manzanar, an ugly, dreary internment camp in the desert for Japanese-American citizens.

Red berries, white clouds, blue sky by Dallas, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2014)

BTSB #: 255474 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 4.3 MG RC: 3.7 3-5 Lexile: 640

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction

Summary: After Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese, twelve-year-old Tomi and her Japanese-American family are split up and forced to leave their California home to live in internment camps in New Mexico and Colorado.

Red berries, white clouds, blue sky by Dallas, Sandra 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC ;, 2015)

BTSB #: P03088 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   


Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Fiction

Summary: After Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese, twelve-year-old Tomi and her Japanese-American family are split up and forced to leave their California home to live in internment camps in New Mexico and Colorado.

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

Paperback New title.(Tor Teen, 2020)

BTSB #: 361462 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 5 MG+ Lexile: 690

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: United States.|bArmy.|bRegimental Combat Team, 442nd - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 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.

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

BTSB Prebound(Tor Teen, 2020)

BTSB #: 361464 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 5 MG+ Lexile: 690

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: United States.|bArmy.|bRegimental Combat Team, 442nd - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 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.