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Author:

Tunnell, Michael O., author.

Title:

Desert diary : Japanese American kids behind barbed wire / Michael O. Tunnell.

Publisher:

Charlesbridge,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

ix, 134 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Subject:

Central Utah Relocation Center.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children--Diaries--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--United States--Juvenile literature.
Personal Narratives.
Diaries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index.

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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

1580897894
9781580897891

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1124903338

LCCN:

2019014251

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