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Desert diary : Japanese American children behind barbed wire /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tunnell, Michael O. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2020]
Subjects:
Central Utah Relocation Center > Juvenile literature.
Central Utah Relocation Center.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japanese Americans > Personal narratives > Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children > Diaries > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > United States > Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children > Diaries.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japanese Americans > Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > United States.
Children.
Japanese Americans.
United States.
1939-1945
Informational works.
Illustrated works.
Diaries.
Juvenile works.
Personal narratives.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: "I pledge allegiance"
  • Unwanted
  • A square mile of desert
  • Barracks, mess halls, and latrines
  • School days
  • The war
  • Take me out to the ball game
  • Creatures
  • Holidays, festivals, and worship
  • Is there a doctor in the house?
  • Congratulations and condolences, hellos and goodbyes
  • Going home
  • Epilogue: Moving forward.