Farewell to Manzanar
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ISBN-10 |
0553272586 |
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ISBN-13 |
978-0553272581 |
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Author |
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki |
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Publisher |
HMH Books for Young Readers |
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Copyright |
2017 |
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Lexile |
1040L |
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Genre |
Nonfiction, Biography |
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Synopsis |
Along with 10,000 other Japanese Americans, seven-year-old Jeanne Wakatsuki grew up behind barbed wire, under searchlight towers, and surrounded by armed guards. Life in the Japanese internment camps of World War II is portrayed in this balanced, historically accurate account. |
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Themes |
War and Conflict |
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Protagonist |
Japanese-American Female |
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Note |
Over the years, these books have been published in multiple editions. The page numbers in your book may be different than the ones on the lesson plan. |