About this title: Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was sent to live at Manzanar internment camp. This is the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention.
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Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Different cover than pictured. Book has no impperfections. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 224 p. Audience: Young adult. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Different cover than pictured. One reading crease on spine. No chipping. One vertical crease on back cover. No chipping. Text is clean and bright. Binding is tight. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 224 p. Audience: Young adult. read more
Description: Good. 0553272586 Good condition paperback book, some creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, may have corner crease, small edge tear or spine slant, a good book for reading. Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very Good. 0553272586 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1974-11-01
ISBN-13:9780553272581ISBN:0553272586
Description: Very Good- Format: Mass Market Paperback. Year: 1995. A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment Very Good Minus. Name inside front cover. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dell, New York
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780553272581ISBN:0553272586
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback. Highlighting/underlining. Underlining and notes throughout. One page has 2-inch tear. Covers and spine significantly worn with rough edges, light creases & scratches, blunted corners. read more
"Here as a ring... Very beautifully written account of a very ugly piece of US history. Indeed, why were no Germans considered a threat, but only people of Japanese origin? Was it only because of Pearl Harbor or just plain old racism which, to the great shock of many Europeans is so thickly embedded in US history. (I remember years ago a European friend invited to a country club which had been created to rival the clubs which were restricted.. she had had no idea that the whole system of restricted clubs, neighborhoods etc could exist in the land of the free)."
"Farewell to Manzanar is a true story of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and her Japanese family. They had been living in California for many years and her father was a fisherman there. Jeanne was seven years old when Pearl harbor was bombed in 1942. The Japanese were not given permanent immigration status so her entire family was put in an internment camp in Southern California (Manzanar). The family was treated like prisoners. They lived in cramped conditions, badly prepared food, unfinished barracks, and swirling dust that blows in through every crack. There is not enough warm clothing to go around, many people fall ill from immunizations and poorly preserved food. This story depicts their difficult time in this internment camp.
In the book Jeanne, the main character had always lived in Japanese communities and desperately wanted to get out. For many years of my life I lived in South East Asia. I noticed that some japanese and chinese people were sometimes very xenophobic towards Americans. Since those ethnicities were the majority of people there, they did not except most of our cultures in their country. I can see why Jeanne wanted to learn about different ways of life after doing the same things for such a long time. Sadly her father would not hear of it.
I really enjoyed reading Farewell to Manzanar because it showed how one incident could change your life forever. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor it turned Jeanne's life completely upside down! I loved watching how she matured throughout the book and ended up following her dreams in the end. It was amazing to hear how after all of this happened in her life Jeanne recovered very quickly. She was the first one to graduate college in her family and married and American man. Jeanne went against the majority of people in her family and followed her heart and I deeply admire her for that."
"This book is a must read for all school kids; probably at middle school age. Story of a girl whose family were taken to the internment camps for Japanese Americans during WWII. What this country did breaks my heart and it is (sadly) not taught in schools. Why is it that we can't admit that we were cruel to the Japanese Americans -- or, for that matter, that we raped, pillaged & murdered thousands of Native Americans? I thought this book was very good, and it's written for middle school students."
"Author Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston has succeeded in writing a book that is readable and worthwhile for any reader -- I would say ages 12 to adult. I wish I had been assigned this in school, for I did not learn about Japanese internment camps until much later, probably my senior year in high school. I'd be willing to venture that even many high school students don't learn much about this part of American history.
The author wisely avoids pathos and melodrama, which allows the situation to speak for itself, standing out in stark relief against the backdrop of a "normal" life outside the camp. She manages to show us the dissolution of a family, the struggle to find and maintain an identity in an artificially created city, populated by law, not by choice. These are bitter, difficult things and Wakatsuki Houston allows the impact to sneak up on the reader.
This is no finger-pointing, harshly worded attempt at implicating the reader and forcing an emotional response. Instead, it is a deeply personal account which leaves one to absorb its impact slowly, wanting to learn more, and wanting to know how we can stop this from happening again. More than once, we've since been on the brink of repeating these past mistakes, which makes this book a timely and important read."
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