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A little love

Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall’

December 19, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Around seventh grade I first heard about the Japanese American internment camp stories because my aunt is Japanese American. But it was not until I was much older that it clicked. My aunt, her siblings, her mother, and my cousins, not to mention her aunts, uncles and cousins would have been incarcerated. And while I was able to find a little here and there, it was difficult until the last few years to find things that were well done or interesting enough to keep me […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance Tagged With: 1942-1945, internment, Japanese Americans, libraries, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, United States - 20th Century, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:612 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance · Tags: 1942-1945, internment, Japanese Americans, libraries, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, United States - 20th Century, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander ·
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A Shameful Reminder

May 6, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 2 Comments

Before the war, they had names. Identities. They had neighbors, friends, teachers, classmates.  But as soon as Japan rained bombs down on Pearl Harbor, everything about these people was stripped away. Only their ethnicity remained. Japanese. Traitor. Other. Nameless, they were crowded onto trains, clutching their suitcases, trying to convince themselves they’d be home again soon. They were on their best behavior in the camps, trying to convince the guards they were “good Americans.” And they waited. Julie Otsuka’s When the Emperor was Divine follows […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: historical fiction, internment, Japan, Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic, When the Emperor Was Divine, World War II

expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: historical fiction, internment, Japan, Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic, When the Emperor Was Divine, World War II ·
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