Farewell to Manzanar
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 12, 2023
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- Who it’s for
- A child’s memories bring wartime incarceration into focus through family life, uncertainty, and hard-won dignity.
- Themes
- Japanese American wartime incarceration, Family life under confinement, Dignity amid oppression
- Genres
- Historical Biographies for Kids, Asian American Life (U.S.), Prejudice & Racism
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Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls her childhood at a Japanese incarceration camp in this engrossing memoir that has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. This special 50th-anniversary edition features a new cover, a foreword by New York Times bestselling and acclaimed author Traci Chee, and photographs of life at the camp by Toyo Miyatake.
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During World War II the incarceration camp called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose? To house thousands of Japanese Americans. In Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar through the eyes of the child she was and the experiences of her family. She relays the mundane and remarkable details of daily life during an extraordinary period of American history: The wartime imprisonment of civilians, most native-born Americans, in their own country, without trial, and by their fellow Americans. She tells of her fear, confusion, and bewilderment as well as the dignity and resourcefulness of people in oppressive and demeaning circumstances. Jeanne delivers a powerful first-person account that reveals her search for the meaning of Manzanar.
History at Child Height
A child’s memories bring wartime incarceration into focus through family life, uncertainty, and hard-won dignity.
Come here for
- A first-person view of Manzanar shaped by childhood and family experience
- Everyday details alongside an extraordinary chapter of American history
Expect
- Fear and confusion held alongside dignity and resourcefulness
- Photographs of camp life in this 50th-anniversary edition
Where it sits
| Prejudice & Racism | 39% |
|---|---|
| Asian American Life (U.S.) | 28% |
| Historical Biographies for Kids | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Biographies for Kids
- Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids
- Asian American Life (U.S.)
- Family Life
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- Military & Wars
- 20th Century U.S.
- Emotions
- Prejudice & Racism
- Authors
- Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 12, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Japanese American wartime incarceration · Family life under confinement · Dignity amid oppression
- Reading lane
- Historical Biographies for Kids