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Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Racial Justice in America: AAPI Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Virginia Loh-Hagan to reach children of all races and encourage them to approach our history with open eyes and minds. Japanese American Incarceration explores the events in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate...
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration Edited with an Introduction by Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung TARGET CONSUMER: Readers of They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, No No Boy by John Okada, Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown, When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, and Only What We Could Carry by Lawson Fusao Inada The collective voice of Japanese Americans defined by a specific...
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, An Imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A powerful biography of Michi Weglyn, the Japanese American fashion designer whose activism fueled a movement for recognition of and reparations for America's World War II concentration camps. The daughter of Japanese immigrants, Michi Nishiura Weglyn was confined in Arizona's Gila River concentration camp during World War II. She later became a costume designer for Broadway and worked as the wardrobe designer for some of the most popular television...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Adapted for young readers from the New York Times bestseller by Daniel James Brown, Facing the Mountain is the remarkable true story of three brave Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United States during World War II while facing discrimination at home"--
"After the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese Americans became the subject of racism and discrimination within the United States. Many were rounded up and put in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Comicarts
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel follows a Jewish immigrant's efforts to help his Japanese neighbors while they are incarcerated during World War II
Marco Calvo always knew his grandfather, affectionately called Papoo, was a good man. After all, he was named for him. A first-generation Jewish immigrant, Papoo was hardworking, smart, and caring. When Papoo peacefully passes away, Marco expected the funeral to be simple. However, he is...