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When can we go back to America? : voices of Japanese American incarceration during World War II Cover Image Book Book

When can we go back to America? : voices of Japanese American incarceration during World War II

Kamei, Susan H. (author.). Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931- (writer of foreword.).

Summary: "An oral history about Japanese internment during World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from the perspective of children and young people affected"--

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  • ISBN: 9781481401449
  • ISBN: 1481401440
  • ISBN: 9781481401456
  • ISBN: 1481401459
  • ISBN: 9781481401463 (ebook)
  • Physical Description: print
    xxiv, 710 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-686) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Day of Infamy -- Executive order 9066 -- Betrayal -- "Saga of a people" by Ruth Tanaka -- Only what they could carry -- Gaman in the wasteland -- For the sake of the Children -- "The years between" by Kaizo George Kubo -- The loyalty questionnaire -- Go for broke -- The Supreme Court's loaded weapon -- Resettling into an uncertain future -- Righting a great wrong -- Allyship -- Epilogue: Marion Konishi's Valedictorian address -- Contributor biographies.
Target Audience Note:
Grade 7-8.

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Genre: Young adult nonfiction.
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