evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

When her family is forced into an internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and her beloved dog Dash; and as her family begins to come apart around her, Mitsi clings to her one connection to the outer world--the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for Dash.

When her family is forced into an internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and her beloved dog Dash; and as her family begins to come apart around her, Mitsi clings to her one connection to the outer world--the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for Dash.

An important addition to any multicultural collection, this title examines the internment of ???enemy aliens??? in the United States and Canada during the Second World War. With particular emphasis on ???yellow peril??? and the plight of Japanese-American and Canadian citizens, the book reveals the events, mindsets, and policies leading up to and following the forced removal of thousands of citizens from their homes into internment camps.

Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years. How could this have happened? Uprooted takes a close look at the history of racism in America and follows the treacherous path that led one of our nation's most beloved presidents to make this decision. Meanwhile, it illuminates the history of Japan and its own struggles with racism and xenophobia, which led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, ultimately tying the two countries together.

Yuki Nakahara is an American. But it's the start of World War II, and America doesn't see it that way. Like many other Japanese Americans, Yuki and his family have been forced into an internment camp in the Utah desert. But Yuki isn't willing to sit back and accept this injustice - it's his country too, and he's going to prove it by enlisting in the army to fight for the Allies.

Discusses the Japanese internment camps in the United States during World War II from the perspectives of a child at an internment camp, a Japanese-American soldier, and a worker at the Manzanar War Relocation Center.

Presents a biography of Kenichi Zenimura, who became one of the United States' earliest Japanese-American baseball players. Discusses how Zenimura and his family were affected by the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and traces his modern legacy.

Examines the history of the Japanese-American internment camps created shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and how the Japanese-Americans in these camps created thriving and friendly communities in spite of the injustice of their internment.

Presents the fictional journal of twelve-year-old Ben Uchida in which he describes his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Mirror Lake, California, during World War II.

Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years.