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Georgic
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Mariko Nagai |
Fiction. Asian American Studies. Winner of the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction selected by Jonis Agee. "Based on dire events in Japanese history and the key of folktale Mariko Nagai has w… |
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Journey home
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Yoshiko Uchida |
A Japanese American family return to their ordinary life after being relocated during World War II. After their release from an American concentration camp, a Japanese-American girl and her family tr… |
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And justice for all
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John Tateishi |
Recorded interviews with twenty-five Japanese Americans, who were among the 120,000 detained in relocation camps during World War II, reveal the scope of suffering and injustice involved. |
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A diamond in the desert
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Kathryn Fitzmaurice |
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thirteen-year-old Tetsu and his family are sent to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona where a fellow prisoner starts a baseball team, but when Tetsu's sist… |
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Sophie and the rising sun
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Augusta Trobaugh |
A radiant novel that gets the rhythms and cadences of small-town life exactly right. An unforgettable story of a time when the world lost its innocence--and of a town that finds its redemption in an … |
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Taken from the Paradise Isle
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George Hoshida |
"Crafted from George Hoshida's diary and memoir, as well as letters faithfully exchanged with his wife Tamae, Taken from the Paradise Isle is an intimate account of the anger, resignation, philosophy… |
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All that remains
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Delphine Hirasuna |
Catalogue of the traveling exhibition, The art of gaman, that has been exhibited in fifteen museums in America and Japan between 2005 and 2015. Includes brief descriptions of the folk art objects and… |
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Allegiance
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Kermit Roosevelt III |
Serving as a Supreme Court law clerk during World War II, Caswell "Cash" Harrison investigates the suspicious death of a colleague that may be related to the debate within the U.S. government surroun… |
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Hello Maggie!
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Shigeru Yabu |
The author tells about his and his family's experiences as Japanese American internees at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming from 1942 to the end of World War II. During that time, he ma… |
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Un-American
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Richard Cahan |
In 1942 more than 109,000 Japanese Americans, including 70,000 U.S. citizens, were picked up and sent to incarceration centers, most for the duration of the war. It was the shame of America-- and it … |
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In Love and War
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Yoshiharu Ogata |
"In In Love and War, readers are eyewitness to the courtship of Naoko Tsukiyama and Yoshiharu Ogata, two young Nisei (second-generation Japanese) whose courtship is riddled with challenges: they live… |
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Memorial
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Bryan Washington |
Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few ye… |
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How much do you love me?
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Paul M. Tag |
James and Keiko marry quickly before James goes to World War II and Keiko to an internment camp. Sixty years later their daughter Kazuko, born in the camps, uncovers a secret that could overwhelm the… |
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O gosto proibido do gengibre
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Jamie Ford |
Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and h… |
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Wyoming Samurai
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Mike Mackey |
"This is a story about the United States Government's abrogation of a people's civil rights, labeling them as undesirable for military service, then asking them to volunteer for the Army, and eventua… |
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Journey to Topaz
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Yoshiko Uchida |
Amazing book! Yuki a Japanese little girl who has an amazing life until one day Yuki and other California Japanese Americans get sent to internment camps |
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An American dream
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Stanford Makishi |
Jiro Akamine came to America with a big dream. |
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Japanese Children's Day and the Obon Festival
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Dianne M. MacMillan |
Describes the history, customs, significance, and traditions of Japanese Children's Day and the Obon Festival, and the ways they are celebrated today in Japan and the United States. |
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Yoko
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Rosemary Wells |
Mmm, Yoko's mom has packed her favorite for lunch today'sushi! But her classmates don't think it looks quite so yummy. "Ick!" says one of the Franks. "It's seaweed!" They're not even impressed by her… |
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From the Lanai
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Jessica Saiki |
115 p. : 23 cm |
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