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Farewell to Manzanar : a true story of Japanese American experience during and after the World War II internment / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston.

Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki, (author.). Houston, James D., (author.).

Summary:

"In this moving memoir, Jeanne Wakatsuki recalls coming of age in Manzanar, a bleak, dusty settlement behind barbed wire. She tells of her family's struggle to adjust to life in cramped barracks, fearful and searching for purpose in their new surroundings. She describes finding a sense of normalcy in activities like glee club and baton-twirling, while armed guards loomed above in the watchtowers. Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of one spirited Japanese American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention--and of a child who discovered what it was like to grow up a prisoner of her native country."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781328742117
ISBN: 1328742113
Physical Description: xiv, 188 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]
Copyright: ©1973

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1973. With new afterword. Date from page 4 of Cover.
Formatted Contents Note:	"What Is Pearl Harbor?" -- Shikata Ga Nai -- A Different Kind of Sand -- A Common Master Plan -- Almost a Family -- Whatever He Did Had Flourish -- Fort Lincoln: An Interview -- Inu -- The Mess Hall Bells -- The Reservoir Shack: An Aside -- Yes Yes No No -- Manzanar, U.S.A. -- Outings, Explorations -- In the Firebreak -- Departures -- Free to Go -- It's All Starting Over -- Ka-ke, Near Hiroshima: April 1946 -- Re-entry -- A Double Impulse -- The Girl of My Dreams -- Ten Thousand Voices -- Afterword.
Target Audience Note:	1040L Lexile. 1040L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader MG 6.7 7 363