Farewell to Manzanar By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Children's Chapter Book Gr 7-9

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Condition
Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
Brand
Unbranded
Signed
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Personalized
No
MPN
Does not apply
Features
Ex-Library
Inscribed
No
ISBN
9781328742117
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
1328742113
ISBN-13
9781328742117
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234491582

Product Key Features

Book Title
Farewell to Manzanar
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Biography & Autobiography / Historical, People & Places / United States / Asian American, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes, Houston, James D.
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction, History
Author
James D. Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
0.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"A poignant memoir from a Japanese American. . . . Told without bitterness, her story reflects the triumph of the human spirit during an extraordinary episode in American history." -- Library Journal "[Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston] describes vividly the life in the camp and the humiliations suffered by the detainees... A sober and moving personal account." -- Publishers Weekly "[This] book provides an often vivid, impressionistic picture of how the forced isolation affected the internees. All in all, a dramatic, telling account of one of the most reprehensible events in the history of America's treatment of its minorities." -- New York Times "A classic." -- Los Angeles Times, "A poignant memoir from a Japanese American. . . . Told without bitterness, her story reflects the triumph of the human spirit during an extraordinary episode in American history." -- Library Journal "[Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston] describes vividly the life in the camp and the humiliations suffered by the detainees... A sober and moving personal account." -- Publishers Weekly "[This] book provides an often vivid, impressionistic picture of how the forced isolation affected the internees. All in all, a dramatic, telling account of one of the most reprehensible events in the history of America's treatment of its minorities." -- New York Times "A classic." -- Los Angeles Times  , "A poignant memoir from a Japanese American. . . . Told without bitterness, her story reflects the triumph of the human spirit during an extraordinary episode in American history." -- Library Journal "[Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston] describes vividly the life in the camp and the humiliations suffered by the detainees... A sober and moving personal account." -- Publishers Weekly
Grade From
Third Grade
Dewey Decimal
940.54/72/7309794
Grade To
Seventh Grade
Synopsis
During World War II a community called Manzanar was created in the high mountain desert country of California. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese Americans. Among them was the Wakatsuki family, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, who was seven years old when she arrived at Manzanar in 1942, recalls life in the camp through the eyes of the child she was. First published in 1973, this new edition of the classic memoir of a devastating Japanese American experience includes an inspiring afterword by the authors., Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls her childhood at a Japanese incarceration camp in this engrossing memoir that has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. This special 50th-anniversary edition features a new cover, a foreword by New York Times bestselling and acclaimed author Traci Chee, and photographs of life at the camp by Toyo Miyatake. During World War II the incarceration camp called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose? To house thousands of Japanese Americans. In Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar through the eyes of the child she was and the experiences of her family. She relays the mundane and remarkable details of daily life during an extraordinary period of American history: The wartime imprisonment of civilians, most native-born Americans, in their own country, without trial, and by their fellow Americans. She tells of her fear, confusion, and bewilderment as well as the dignity and resourcefulness of people in oppressive and demeaning circumstances. Jeanne delivers a powerful first-person account that reveals her search for the meaning of Manzanar., Originally published in 1973, this is a new paperback edition of the classic memoir of a young Japanese American internee at Manzanar during World War Two.

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