Desert Diary
Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2020]
Format: Book
Description: pages cm
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
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.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
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.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
Target Audience: 1090L
ISBN:
1580897894
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY War WWII Tun | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.