Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire

Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire

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Author/Contributor(s): Tunnell, Michael O.
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Date: 10/6/2020
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: NEW
A moving primary source sheds light on the experience of Japanese American children imprisoned in a World War II internment camp.

A classroom diary created by Japanese American children paints a vivid picture of daily life in a so-called "internment camp." Mae Yanagi was eight years old when she started school at Topaz Camp in Utah. She and her third-grade classmates began keeping an illustrated diary, full of details about schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, and health--as experienced from behind barbed wire. Diary pages, archival photographs, and narrative nonfiction text convey the harsh changes experienced by the children, as well as their remarkable resilience.