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Society of Explorers and Adventurers volume 1
Language
English
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To free himself from an ancient curse, thirteen-year-old Shinji Takahashi must team up with a secret organization of explorers, find a magical font hidden in the jungles of Mexico, and replace a stolen idol.
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English
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"In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese American girl grapples with, and ultimately rises above, the racism and trials of middle school she experiences while chasing her dreams. As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And at the start of seventh grade, she's channeling that irrepressible hope into becoming the lead in her school...
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Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, Japanese Americans were forced to live in internment camps. Readers will examine the racism and fear that led to internment, what life was like in internment camps, and more"--
During World War II, the US government forced Japanese Americans to live in US incarceration camps during World War II. Smith uses photographs from the past and present to help readers discover how fear and racism led to the camps, what live in the camps...
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
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Examines the history of Japanese in the United States, focusing on their treatment during World War II, including the mass relocation to internment camps and the distinguished service of Japanese Americans in the American military.
7) Dash
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Series
Language
English
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When her family is forced into an internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and her beloved dog Dash; and as her family begins to come apart around her, Mitsi clings to her one connection to the outer world--the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for Dash.
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Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Details the Japanese internment camps in the United States during World War II. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a child at an internment camp, a Japanese-American soldier, and a worker at the Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This important book examines the internment of "enemy aliens" in the United States and Canada during the Second World War. With particular emphasis on the plight of Japanese-American and Canadian citizens, the book reveals the events, mindsets, and policies leading up to and following the forced removal of thousands of citizens from their homes into internment camps. Real-life accounts help readers examine differing perspectives on the events, think...
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Series
Tessa Miyata volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Tessa Miyata has never fit in. When she and her two sisters are told they will be staying at their grandparents in Japan, Tessa is thrilled. A summer in Japan could be her chance to go on an adventure worthy of impressing her classmates back home. Her hopes are quickly dashed when, all too soon, she realizes that life in Japan is just like being in California: her sisters are old enough to go into Tokyo, while she can't even go to the corner store...
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English
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When boyfriend Elliott breaks up with Jenna Sakai before Christmas break, she just about convinces herself that relationships are for suckers and she is better off without them; but unfortunately she finds herself in competition with Elliott for a journalism scholarship, and worse her first assignment for the newspaper club is to write a personal essay, which is difficult when you are someone who prefers to keep your emotions bottled up--and than...
12) Paper wishes
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Language
English
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Near the start of World War II, young Manami, her parents, and Grandfather are evacuated from their home and sent to Manzanar, an ugly, dreary internment camp in the desert for Japanese-American citizens.
13) Thin wood walls
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Joe Hamada and his family face growing prejudice, eventually being torn away from their home and sent to a relocation camp in California, even as his older brother joins the United States Army to fight in the war.
14) While I was away
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Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand basic Japanese they speak to her, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles...
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English
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An eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl joins her performing arts school's J-Pop club, where the members form an imitation band of their favorite girl group, coming together from different corners of the school to help and support one another along the way.
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English
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Kimi Nakamura loves fashion, and designing clothes, jewelry, and accessories for her friends, but her mother, a professional graphic designer with a long list of clients, wants her to be a serious artist, and is furious when she discovers Kimi has dropped her fine arts class; so Kimi is relieved to be able to visit her normally estranged grandparents in Kyoto during spring break--but what begins as an escape becomes a way to learn about her mother...
17) Mask
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Series
League of Secret Heroes volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Akiko, Mae, and Josie, also called the Infinity Trinity, spring into action after learning that a spy is betraying secrets to the Japanese military--and that Akiko's mother may be involved.--
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Series
Kudo kids volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Accompanying their journalist parents to the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, twelve-year-old Andy Kudo and his eleven-year-old sister Mika find themselves immersed in an augmented reality game developed by a former Olympic medallist, that brings players together from all over the world to search Tokyo for virtual medals and clues to the secretive creator's identity.
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