Title:
Enemy child : the story of Norman Mineta, a boy imprisoned in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II / Andrea Warren.
ISBN:
9780823441518
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, [2019]
©2019
Physical Description:
214 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Contents:
Before the storm -- Coming to America -- War at home -- The world at war -- Lowering the net -- Losing everything -- Santa Anita -- Into the wilderness -- Heart mountain -- New routines -- Making the best of it -- Baseball! -- Meeting the enemy -- The miracle at Heart Mountain -- Leaving Heart Mountain -- Victory over Japan -- Going home -- School, army, politics -- A distinguished career.
Summary:
"A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned"-- Provided by publisher.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 7.2 6 503652
Personal Subject:
Subject Term:
Interest age level:
10+
Reading level:
4-6.
OCLC Number:
on1047571635
Availability:
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