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I am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment
I am an American A True Story of Japanese Internment
Author: Jerry Stanley
Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Young Shi Nomura was among the 120,000 American citizens who lost everything when he was sent by the U.S. government to Manzanar, an interment camp in the California desert, simply because he was of Japanese ancestry.
ISBN-13: 9780517597866
ISBN-10: 0517597861
Publication Date: 8/16/1994
Pages: 102
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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amichai avatar reviewed I am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment on + 368 more book reviews
"This is a story about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, focusing on the experiences of one high school student, Shi Nomura, and relating them to the larger events of the period." It is illustrated with photographs. This is really an excellent book for teaching this difficult historical fact of American treatment of Americans during wartime. Published by Scholastic. Depending on the maturity of the child, this could be very useful for middle school age and up.
harmony85 avatar reviewed I am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment on + 982 more book reviews
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, nearly 120,000 Americans were imprisoned by the federal government. Their crime? Being of Japanese ancestry.

This book focuses on the experiences of one high school student, Shi Nomura.

This is a story at once intimate and broadly historical, and draws a powerful portrait of wartime America and the injustice done to the Japanese Americans.

Ages 13 on up or so.


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