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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
" ... In this moving memoir, Jeanne Wakatsuki recalls coming of age in Manzanar, a bleak, dusty settlement behind barbed wire. She tells of her family's struggle to adjust to life in cramped barracks, fearful and searching for purpose in their new surroundings. She describes finding a sense of normalcy in activities like glee club and baton-twirling, while armed guards loomed above in the watchtowers. Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of one...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 770L
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the influential illustrator and author, including her childhood, her love of drawing, her family's internment during World War II, and her groundbreaking work in children's literature.
Author
Publisher
Jocko Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The author recounts his life experiences, from his 1940s childhood as a son of Japanese immigrants in Chicago, Illinois to his 30-year US Army service that included tours in Korea and Vietnam, becoming the first Asian-American to command a US Army division."
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Relates the life and experiences of the Japanese American who defied the order of internment during World War II and took his case as far as the Supreme Court.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this genre-bending and deeply emotional memoir that mirrors the sensation of being caught between realms, the author, after the death of her father, grapples with her bipolar disorder and sets out to interrogate the very notion of recovery through the lens of figures from Japanese, Taiwanese and Okinawan legend.
14) Always dream
Author
Publisher
Taylor Pub. Company
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
The young Japanese-American figure skater describes the hard work, determination and love of skating that helped her win a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics.
Author
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Born on an island off the cost of Hiroshima around 1908, Midori Shimoda died in North Carolina in 1996, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for two decades. A photographer, he was incarcerated in a Department of Justice prison during WWII under suspicion of being a spy for Japan. From his birth to contract laborer/picture-bride parents to his immigration and prewar life in Seattle's Nihonmachi, to wartime incarceration and postwar resettlement...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents--her father a Vietnam veteran, her mother an Okinawan war bride--and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Elizabeth's mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband. The language barrier and power imbalance that defined their early relationship followed them to the...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A champion of equal rights who helped create a better future for all Americans, this biography of the first Asian American woman elected to Congress showed how she carved her own path to become a historic trailblazer.
19) Patsy Mink
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the first Asian American woman elected to Congress, who championed rights for women, children, immigrants and minorities, paving the way for many other women to succeed.
