Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a landmark work of juvenile fiction."A haunting reminder of how indignities and dignity can reside side by side." —Terry Tempest WilliamsThis much-loved and widely read classic is the moving story of one girl’s struggle to remain brave during the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1941, eleven-year-old Yuki is looking forward to Christmas when disaster strikes: she and her family, along ...

The story of a Japanese American picture bride, from Angel Island to TopazSeeking an escape from life in her small village in Japan, Hana Omiya arrives in California in 1917, one of thousands of Japanese “picture brides” whose arranged marriages brought them to the United States. When she finally sets foot on a pier in San Francisco, she is disappointed to meet her soon-to-be husband, the stoic Taro Takeda, who looks much older than in the photo his family had shar...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, everything changed for Yoshiko Uchida. Desert Exile is her autobiographical account of life before and during World War II. The book does more than relate the day-to-day experience of living in stalls at the Tanforan Racetrack, the assembly center just south of San Francisco, and in the Topaz, Utah, internment camp. It tells the story of the courage and strength displayed by those who were interned.Replaces ISBN 9780295961903

This download Is a monologue depicting the life of Yoshiko Uchida, writer, WWII Japanese-American internee. It includes a version for school-age or adult audiences and one for K-2 students with notes, suggested costume and props and a famous quote. This text is one of many monologues, Profiles of Women Past & Present, created by the AAUW Thousand Oaks, California branch, Inc to enable parents, teachers, students, librarians and others to make women's history come alive for audiences in the...