Title:
Desert diary : American children behind barbed wire / Michael O. Tunnell.
ISBN:
9781580897891
9781632896131
9781632896148
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2020]
Physical Description:
134 pages : photographs (some color) ; 26 cm
Contents:
Prologue: "I pledge allegiance" -- Unwanted -- A square mile of desert -- Barracks, mess halls, and latrines -- School days -- The war -- Take me out to the ball game -- Creatures -- Holidays, festivals, and worship -- Is there a doctor in the house? -- Congratulations and condolences, hellos and goodbyes -- Going home -- Epilogue: Moving forward.
Summary:
"In March 1943, twenty-seven children began third grade in a strange new environment: the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Together with their teacher, Miss Yamauchi, these uprooted young Americans began keeping a classroom diary, with a different child illustrating each day's entry. Their full-color diary entries paint a vivid picture of daily life in an internment camp: schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, health--and the mixed feelings of citizens who were loyal but distrusted"-- Provided by publisher.
Corporate Subject:
Audience:
1090L Lexile
OCLC Number:
on1098233692
Availability:
Farmington~1
Hastings - Pleasant Hill~1
