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1942- 1946
During World War II, over 100,000 Japanese-Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and placed in internment camps by the U.S. government. This was in response to fears of espionage after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Families were uprooted from their lives and made to live in harsh conditions in remote camps across the country. This unjust treatment reflected widespread racial prejudice and violated civil rights, leaving a lasting impact on Japanese-American communities.
Picture books
Chapter books
Weedflower
Moving story of a girl’s life before and during internment, and her friendship with a Mohave boy
Stealing Home
Graphic novel about a boy using baseball to cope with internment, plus history of the policy
Paper Wishes
Moving novel about a Japanese-American girl adjusting to life in a camp without her dog
My Nest of Silence
Graphic novel about a Japanese-American girl whose family is interred and brother is fighting in the Army
The Japanese American Internment: An Interactive History Adventure
Choose-your-own-adventure stories set in a internment camp
Dear America: The Fences Between Us
Fictional diary of a girl whose pastor father relocates them near an internment camp
Non-fiction books
They Called Us Enemy
Stunning graphic novel memoir of the famous actor’s childhood imprisonment in a camp
Seen and Unseen
Story of three photographers who documented the internment, with their photos and firsthand accounts
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