evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Combines historical information with photographs, primary source excerpts, and first-person narratives to examine the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and its implications.

Japanese-American families turned to baseball as a way to handle their plight and find the strength to stand up for themselves in the days and months following Pearl Harbor.

"Thirteen-year-old Mina Tagawa and her Japanese-American family are forced to evacuate their Seattle home and are relocated to an internment camp in Idaho, where they live for three years"--Provided by publisher.

Naomi Nakane, a child of Japanese immigrant parents, is interned by the Canadians at the beginning of World War II when she is five years old.

When Aki's family is sent to a Japanese internment camp at the beginning of World War II, Sylvia's family leases their farm. But Sylvia also faces discrimination, as a Mexican American. Includes black-and-white photographs of the real Sylvia and Aki.

Incorporates primary source materials in a look at the internment of Japanese Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor, including discussion of what became of their homes, businesses, and belongings.

Collection of photographs taken at the sites of the ten American detention camps to which 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were sent during World War II, accompanied by text that tells the story of the camps from the perspective of former internees.

Eighteen-year-old Hiroko comes to California in 1941 to attend college at Berkley, but even her love for teaching assistant Peter Jenkins cannot keep her from longing for home. Sadly, her dream of returning to Japan ends with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and Hiroko must learn to survive in her rapidly changing world.

Suspicion towards Japanese Americans swept the country after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor; this book offers an in-depth look at the lives of some of the survivors of internment camps, before and during their imprisonment, and after their release.