... "Farewell to Manzanar", by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. This book is about the Japanese internment camps that were set up in America during World War II, and how it affected this particular family. It tells the story of the separation of the family members, hardships, and hatred that they had to live with during this time period. It also helps to open our eyes to ... mistakes, and how our government can question itself over some of the issues we were fighting for. The book tells the story from Jeanne Wakatsuki, the main character, and how she and her family struggled t...

• Word Count: 921
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is the true story of a Japanese-American family's detention in California's Manzanar internment camp during World War II. Jeanne was seven when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and created the calamity that forced about 110,000 Japanese Americans to go away from their homes. She remembers the pressure of camp life "they had no way of dignity and privacy, the ... (aunt Toyo, sugar) C. Bought Car D. LA trouble in School 1. Newspaper, scholarship society, yearbook, sports team. 2. Girl Scouts - ethnicity problem (Radine) E. Woody Returns IV. Move to ...

• Word Count: 422
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... the subject of history; a novel can open doors to worlds that one would think are unreachable. It can also act as a time machine and bring you back to a time you can only picture in your mind. One such book like this , Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James Houston. This book is a narrative ... with by Jeanne about her stay at an interment camp for almost four year. The reason she had to stay in camp was because she was a Japanese American during World ... First, Jeanne does a good job expressing her goal by noting many incidents in her stay. For example, unlike the c...

• Word Count: 1195
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... and optimistic person. He stated that his time incarcerated was spent teaching Japanese to the American-born Japanese, which greatly helped him improve his English. However, many of the incarcerated people did not see their strife as a positive experience. Here is an excerpt written by Jeanne Wakatsuki from her book "Farewell to Manzanar," where she describes a little about what happened when she got back from ... Manzanar: Mama picked up the kitchenware and some silver she had stored with neighbors in Boyle Heights. But the warehouse where she"d stored the ... ...

• Word Count: 2883
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School