Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Internment Camp by Michael L. Cooper [in AsianWeek]
29 Nov, by in Children/Picture Books, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers
“It is easy to understand why Japanese Americans want to know what happened in this war relocation camp,” Cooper writes. “But why is it important for other Americans to remember Manzanar?” Cooper necessarily questions....
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