Desert Diary

Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire

By: MICHAEL O. TUNNELL

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Hardcover | 6 January 2021

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Hardcover
144 Pages

Age
9 - 12

Grade
P - 2

Dimensions(cm)
26.0 x 21.3 x 1.8

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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.

About the Author

Michael O. Tunnell is a retired professor of children's literature and the author of several books for young readers, including Candy Bomber- The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot," an Orbis Pictus Honor book. While writing Desert Diary, he had the privilege of interviewing Mae Yanagi and many of her former classmates from Topaz Camp.

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