Campbell Hall

Diversity Resources

F Poy

Poynter, Margaret. A time too swift. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum, [1990].

Living in San Diego on the verge of World War II, fifteen-year-old Marjorie is confused by her romantic feelings for a handsome serviceman and her changing attitude toward the Japanese neighbors she has known all her life.

F Uch

Uchida, Yoshiko. Picture bride : a novel. 1st ed. Flagstaff, Ariz: Northland

Press, [1987].

305.8956 Ham

Hamanaka, Sheila. The journey : Japanese Americans, racism and renewal. New

York: Orchard Books, [1990].

Text and photographed details of a mural depict the history of the Japanese people in America.

J Say C.2

Say, Allen. Grandfather's journey. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, [1993].

A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

940.5472 Dan

Daniels, Roger. The decision to relocate the Japanese Americans. Philadelphia:

Lippincott, [1975].

305.8956 Hos

Hosokawa, Bill. Nisei: the quiet Americans. New York: W. Morrow, [1969].

J 305.8956 Bro

Brown, Tricia. Konnichiwa! : I am a Japanese-American girl. 1st ed. New York: H.

Holt, [1995].

F Irw

Irwin, Hadley. Kim/Kimi. 1st ed. New York: M.K. McElderry Books, [1987].

Despite a warm relationship with her mother, stepfather, and half brother, sixteen-year-old Kim feels the need to find answers about the Japanese American father she never knew.

J Uch

Uchida, Yoshiko. The best bad thing. New York: Atheneum, [1983].

At first dismayed at having to spend the last month of her summer vacation helping out in the household of recently widowed Mrs. Hata, Rinko discovers there are pleasant surprises for her, but then bad things start to happen. Sequel to "A Jar of Dreams.".

J Uch

Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey home. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum, [1978].

After their release from an American concentration camp, a Japanese-American girl and her family try to reconstruct their lives amidst strong anti-Japanese feelings which breed fear, distrust, and violence.

940.5472 Arm

Armor, John and Adams, Ansel. Manzanar: [Ringoen]. 1st ed. New York, N.Y:

Times Books, [1988].

J Uch

Uchida, Yoshiko and Yardley, Joanna. The bracelet. New York: Philomel, [1993].

Emi, a Japanese American in the second grade, is sent with her family toan internment camp during World War II, but the loss of the bracelet her best friend has given her proves that she does not need a physical reminder of that friendship.

J Moc

Mochizuki, Ken and Lee, Dom. Baseball saved us. 1st ed. New York: Lee & Low,

[1993].

A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.

J Uch 2/99

Uchida, Yoshiko and Carrick, Donald. Journey to Topaz : a story of the Japanese

-American evacuation. First paperback edition. Berkeley, Calif: Creative

Arts, [1985, 1971].

After the Pearl Harbor attack an eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl and her family are forced to go to an aliens camp in Utah.

J Sav

Savin, Marcia. The moon bridge. New York: Scholastic Inc, [1992].

The friendship between San Francisco girls Mitzi Fujimoto and Ruthie Fox is changed when World War II begins and Mitzi and her family are forced to go into an internment camp.

940.5472 Kna

Knaefler, Tomi Kaizawa. Our house divided : seven Japanese American families in

World War II. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, [1991].

305.8956 Lea

Leathers, Noel L. The Japanese in America. 1991 rev. ed. Minneapolis: Lerner

Publications Co, [1991].

A history of the Japanese in America: their backgrounds, why they immigrated, the prejudice encountered in peace and wartime, and their contributions to their adopted nation.

940.5472 Uch

Uchida, Yoshiko. Desert exile : the uprooting of a Japanese American family. 1st

pbk. ed. Seattle: University of Washington Press, [1984, 1982].

92 Tanaka

Tanaka, Michiko. Through harsh winters : the life of a Japanese immigrant woman.

Novato, Calif: Chandler & Sharp, [1981].

92 Uchida

Uchida, Yoshiko. The invisible thread: an autobiography. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:

J. Messner, [1991].

Children's author, Yoshiko Uchido, describes growing up in Berkeley, California, as a Nisei, second generation Japanese American, and her family's internment in a Nevada concentration camp during World War II.

394.269 Ara

Araki, Nancy K. Matsuri: Festival : Japanese American celebrations and activities. San Francisco: Heian International Publishing Co, [1978].

J Sak

Sakai, Kimiko and Arai, Tomie. Sachiko means happiness. San Francisco, Calif:

Children's Book Press, [1990].

Although at first five-year-old Sachiko is upset when her grandmother no longer recognizes her, she grows to understand that they can still be happy together.

305.8956 Lee

Lee, Lauren. Japanese Americans. Tarrytown, N.Y: Benchmark Books, [1996].

Provides a history of Japanese immmigration to the United States and discusses Japanese customs and contributions to American culture.

J Joh

Johnston, Tony and Root, Barry. Fishing Sunday. 1st ed. New York: Tambourine

Books, [1996].

A young boy is embarrassed by his grandfather's old Japanese ways, but on one of their Fishing Sundays, he learns to see Grandfather in a new light.

F Gro

Hong, Maria. Growing up Asian American : an anthology. 1st ed. New York: W.

Morrow, [1993].

940.5472 Lev c2

Levine, Ellen. A fence away from freedom : Japanese Americans and World War II.

New York: G.P. Putnam's, [1995].

J Moc

Mochizuki, Ken and Lee, Dom. Heroes. 1st ed. New York: Lee & Low Books, [1995].

Japanese American Donnie, whose playmates insist he be the "bad guy" in their war games, calls on his reluctant father and uncle to help him get away from that role.

940.5472 Sta c.2

Stanley, Jerry. I am an American : a true story of Japanese internment. 1st ed.

New York: Crown Publishers, [1994].

92 Yamaguchi

Donohue, Shiobhan. Kristi Yamaguchi : artist on ice. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner

Pub. Co, [1994].

A biography of the figure skater who won the National, Olympic, and World Championships in 1992.

J Igu

Igus, Toyomi and Wells, Daryl. Two Mrs. Gibsons. San Francisco: Children's Book

Press, [1996].

The biracial daughter of an African American father and a Japanese mother fondly recalls growing up with her mother and her father's mother, two very different but equally loving women.

J Bun

Bunting, Eve and Soentpiet, Chris K. So far from the sea. New York: Clarion

Books, [1998].

When seven-year-old Laura and her family visit Grandfather's grave at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, the Japanese American child leaves behind a special symbol.

J Oki

Okimoto, Jean Davies. Talent night. New York: Scholastic, [1995].

Rodney, an aspiring Japanese American rap musician, learns about his heritage and the importance of being oneself after trying to impress a rich uncle and a beautiful classmate.

796.91 Yam

Rambeck, Richard. Kristi Yamaguchi. Chanhassen, Minn: Child's World, [1997].

Profiles the life and accomplishments of the professional figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1992.

J Den

Denenberg, Barry. The journal of Ben Uchida, citizen #13559, Mirror Lake

internment camp. 1st ed. New York: Scholastic Inc, [1999].

Twelve-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal of his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Mirror Lake, California, during World War II.

F Gut

Guterson, David. Snow falling on cedars. 1st ed. San Diego: Harcourt Brace,

[1994].

940.5472 Tun

Tunnell, Michael O and Chilcoat, George W. The children of Topaz : the story of a Japanese-American internment camp : based on a classroom diary. 1st ed. New York: Holiday House, [1996].

The diary of a third-grade class of Japanese-American children being held with their families in an internment camp during World War II.

940.5472 Chi

Chin, Steven A and Tamura, David. When justice failed : the Fred Korematsu story. Austin, Tex: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, [1993].

Relates the life and experiences of the Japanese American who defied the order of internment during World War II and took his case as far as the Supreme Court.

940.5472 Chi

Alonso, Karen. Korematsu v. United States : Japanese-American internment camps.

Springfield, NJ: Enslow, [1998].

Profiles the case of Fred Korematsu, who sought compensation from the American government for his time spent in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.

J Uch 2/95

Uchida, Yoshiko. A jar of dreams. New York, N.Y: Margaret K. McElderry Books,

[199-?, 1981].

A young girl grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930's, a time of great prejudice.

940.548 Coo

Cooper, Michael L. Fighting for honor : Japanese Americans and World War II. New

York: Clarion Books, [2000].

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.