Uprooted : the Japanese American experience during World War II

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Label

Uprooted : the Japanese American experience during World War II

Title remainder

the Japanese American experience during World War II

Statement of responsibility

Albert Marrin

Creator

• trueMarrin, Albert

Subject

• trueForced relocations
• trueJapanese Americans -- Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945
• trueJapanese in the United States -- Mass internment, 1942-1945
• trueRacism
• trueUnited States
• trueWorld War II -- Japanese Americans
• trueWorld War II -- Prisoners and prisons, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
• trueXenophobia
• Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Language

eng

Summary

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

Writing style

• trueComprehensive
• trueCandid

Award

• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2016
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2017

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.53/170973

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 12 and up

LC call number

D769.8.A6

LC item number

M329 2016

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Target audience

adolescent