Desert diary : Japanese American kids behind barbed wire

Resource Information

The work Desert diary : Japanese American kids behind barbed wire represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Desert diary : Japanese American kids behind barbed wire

Title remainder

Japanese American kids behind barbed wire

Statement of responsibility

Michael O. Tunnell

Creator

• Tunnell, Michael O

Subject

• Central Utah Relocation Center -- Juvenile literature
• Japanese American children -- Diaries
• Japanese American children -- Diaries -- Juvenile literature
• Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
• Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile literature
• Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile literature
• Central Utah Relocation Center
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Personal narratives
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Personal narratives | Juvenile literature
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States

Genre

• Personal narratives
• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

A classroom diary created by Japanese American children paints a vivid picture of daily life in a so-called internment camp. Mae Yanagi was eight years old when she started school at Topaz Camp in Utah. She and her third-grade classmates began keeping an illustrated diary, full of details about schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, and health as experienced from behind barbed wire

Biography type

contains biographical information

Dewey number

940.53/177924509253

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

• 456
• 1090

Intended audience source

• Childrens Plus, Inc
• Lexile

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

pre adolescent