| Description |
136 pages [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
In my own words |
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In my own words.
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| Contents |
Never catching up -- Oh broom, get to work -- Being Japanese American -- Our Japanese Sunday -- Iku and Takashi -- Discovering the magic -- Tub under the stars -- Obah San and my cousins -- Foreigner in Japan -- Unhappy days -- Glory days -- Becoming a "nonalien" -- Prisoner of my country -- Prison camp teacher -- Topaz -- Dust storm -- School in the desert -- Concentration Camp Christmas -- Volunteers from behind barbed wire -- Back to the real world -- From mouse to tiger -- Good morning, boys and girls -- Epilogue -- Published works. |
| Summary |
Children's author, Yoshiko Uchida, describes growing up in Berkeley, California, as a Nisei, second generation Japanese American, and her family's internment in a Nevada concentration camp during World War II. |
| Local Note |
. WH 92-052896099 |
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. WH 92-052896099 |
| Subject |
Uchida, Yoshiko -- Juvenile literature.
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Uchida, Yoshiko.
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Uchida, Yoshiko. (OCoLC)fst00027904
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
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Authors, American.
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Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs.
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Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs.
(OCoLC)fst00981480
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Uchida, Yoshiko. Invisible thread. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : J. Messner, ©1991 (OCoLC)698022390 |
| ISBN |
0671741632 (lib.) |
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9780671741631 (lib.) |
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0671741640 (hard.) |
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9780671741648 (hard.) |
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