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Author Kamei, Susan H., author.

Title When can we go back to America? : voices of Japanese American incarceration during World War II / Susan H. Kamei ; foreword by Secretary Norman Y. Mineta.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2021]
©2021

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Teen  TEEN 940.53 KAMEI    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - YA  YA 940.53 KAMEI    DUE 04-08-24
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult  YA 940.53 KAM    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department  TEEN 940.531 KAM    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.53 KAMEI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Young Adult  YA 940.53 KAM    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Teen  TEEN 940.53 KAMEI    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxiv, 710 pages ; 24 cm
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Grade 7-8.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-686) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States government forcibly removed more than 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast and imprisoned them in desolate detention camps until the end of World War II just because of their race. Here Kamei weaves the voices of individuals who lived through this tragic episode, most of them as children and young adults. They tell the story of their incarceration and the long-term impact of this dark period in American history, at a time when many Americans are confronting questions about racial identity, immigration, and citizenship. -- adapted from jacket
Subject Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Children -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Children -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.
Children. (OCoLC)fst00854835
Japanese Americans. (OCoLC)fst00981441
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Japanese Americans -- Mass internment, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Children.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars.
Forced removal and internment of Japanese Americans (1942-1945) (OCoLC)fst01801850
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Young adult -- nonfiction.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
Personal narratives.
Added Author Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931-2022 writer of foreword.
ISBN 9781481401449 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
1481401440 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9781481401456 (paperback : alkaline paper)
1481401459 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9781481401463 (ebook)
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