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Jennifer Ikeda
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During World War II a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese-American internees. One of the first families to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. For Jeanne Wakatsuki, a seven-year-old child, Manzanar became a way of life in which she struggled and adapted, observed and grew. For her father it was essentially the end of his life.
At age 37, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar through the eyes of the child she was. She tells of her fear, confusion, and bewilderment as well as the dignity and great resourcefulness of people in oppressive and demeaning circumstances. Written with her husband, Jeanne delivers a powerful first-person account that reveals her search for the meaning of Manzanar.
Farewell to Manzanar has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. Last year the San Francisco Chronicle named it one of the 20th century’s 100 best nonfiction books from west of the Rockies.
©1973 James D. Houston. Afterword © 2002 by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston (P)2019 HarperCollins PublishersListeners also enjoyed...
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MORRISON AT HER MOST COMPLEX
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Loved this book!!!
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Colin Broderick was born in 1968 and spent his childhood in Tyrone County in Northern Ireland. It was the beginning of the period of heightened tension and violence known as the Troubles, and Colin’s Catholic family lived in the heart of rebel country. The community was filled with Provisional IRA members, whose lives depended on the silence and complicity of their neighbors. But even when Colin does ask his parents about these events, he never receives a clear explanation. Desperate to protect her children, Colin’s mother tries to prevent exposure to or knowledge of the harm that surrounds them.
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Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. In 1994, she and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, fled the Rwandan massacre and spent the next six years migrating through seven African countries, searching for safety—perpetually hungry, imprisoned and abused, enduring and escaping refugee camps, finding unexpected kindness, witnessing inhuman cruelty. They did not know whether their parents were dead or alive.
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Narrator detracts from story
- By Laura on 01-16-19
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Maggie Fortini doesn't play baseball but is a dyed-in-the-wool fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jim Maine is a Giants fan whom who teaches Maggie the fine art of scoring a baseball game. Jim is drafted into the army and sent to Korea, and although Maggie writes to him often, his silence is just one of a string of disappointments - being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the early 1950s meant season after season of near misses and dashed hopes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-20-24
By: Linda Sue Park
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Sacajawea
- The Story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- By: Joseph Bruchac
- Narrated by: Nicolle Littrell, Michael Rafkin
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the United States stopped at the Mississippi River. However, their journey opened up the wilderness borders to the Pacific Ocean. The key to the success of this 18 month journey was a young Indian girl - Sacajawea. Without her, the corps of discovery would have been doomed from the start.
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4 out of 5 stars
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jaycee
- By JANE on 02-25-10
By: Joseph Bruchac
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My Heart Lies South
- The Story of my Mexican Marriage: Young People's Edition
- By: Elizabeth Borton De Trevino
- Narrated by: Karen Savage
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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What happens when a thoroughly 20th-century American lady journalist becomes a Mexican señora in the 1930s provincial Monterrey? She finds herself-sometimes hilariously-coping with servants, daily food allowances, bargaining, and dramatic Latin emotions. In this vivid autobiography, Newbery Award winning author Elizabeth Borton de Treviño brings to life her experiences with the culture and the faith of a civilization so close to the United States, but rarely appreciated or understood.
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stores from an intact culture
- By Nick Blaha on 01-10-24
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The View from Saturday
- By: E. L. Konigsburg
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Jan Maxwell
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Did Mrs. Olinsky choose the four members of the sixth grade Academic Bowl Team, or did they choose her--and one another? Four stories-within-in-a-story, interspersed with the ongoing narrative of the team's triumphant march to the state championship, introduce each member of the team in his own her own voice, and bring the dynamics of the group into focus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not just for kids. Konigsburg is ageless.
- By Fay on 07-09-12
By: E. L. Konigsburg
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Tallgrass
- By: Sandra Dallas
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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During World War II, a family finds life turned upside-down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes turn on the newcomers. Rennie has just turned thirteen and until this time, life has pretty much been predictable and fair. But the winds of change are coming, and with them, a shift in her perspective and a discovery of secrets that can destroy even the most sacred things. Part thriller, part historical novel, Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas is a riveting exploration of the darkest—and best—parts of the human heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A nice read
- By Laurie on 05-24-07
By: Sandra Dallas
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- Tacocat
- 10-21-24
Must read for all.
A must read for our students but also for their parents, I recommend the rereading of this book as I did next to my child so that I could support them.
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- S. Baker
- 04-10-24
I could not believe this happened
This is one of the best written stories I have ever heard.
very heartwarming
highly suggest this book
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- Nadra Garas
- 06-14-23
Amazing
Amazing book, very educational and interesting. I recommend this book if you want to learn more on what happens to the Japanese-Americans in the camps
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- Jolene Hull
- 10-08-22
Excellent story!
We’ve visited the museum at Manzanar. This story really puts life into the camp at Manzanar. Now we want to return to Lone Pine and Manzanar. Thank you!
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- PJL0815
- 06-06-23
Read and remember to stop it from repeating
Entire generations of immigrants and their recent descendants are still living with fear of FBI showing up at their door. “Farewell to Manzanar” is a reminder of why that is not acceptable and should not be tolerated toward any people.
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- Bridget
- 04-23-21
Powerful story
It seems to be a modern story that hits modern times issues like the unrest seen today.
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