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"A los veintidós años, sospechando que tenían el tiempo contado, Ichimei y Alma se atragantaron de amor para consumirlo entero, pero mientras más intentaban agotarlo, más imprudente era el deseo, y quien diga que todo fuego se apaga solo tarde o temprano, se equivoca: hap pasiones que son incendios hasta que las ahoga el destino de un zarpazo y aun así quedan brasas calientes listas para arder apenas se les da oxígeno."--Page 4 of cover.
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Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2021]
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IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 34
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English
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"An oral history about Japanese internment during World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from the perspective of children and young people affected"--
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States government forcibly removed more than 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast and imprisoned them in desolate detention camps until the end of World War II just because of their race. Here Kamei weaves the voices...
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The University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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As children, Shirley Ann Higuchi and her brothers knew Heart Mountain only as the place their parents met, imagining it as a great Stardust Ballroom in rural Wyoming. As they grew older, they would come to recognize the name as a source of great sadness and shame for their older family members, part of the generation of Japanese Americans forced into the hastily built concentration camp in the aftermath of Executive Order 9066.Only after a serious...
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Docurama
Pub. Date
©2008
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English
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Personal stories and moving archival footage tell the untold story of how Japanese internees were used by the US government to help develop a Native American reservation during World War II. The film begins with the opening credits of the US government film Japanese relocation, included on the disc. Disc also includes deleted scenes and filmmaker biography.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years. How could this have happened? Uprooted takes a close look at the history of racism in America and follows the treacherous path that led one of our nation's...
51) Talent night
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1995
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English
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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.
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Anchor Books
Pub. Date
c1995
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English
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The lives of four generations of Japanese-American women, of whom only the youngest has been to Japan. They are great-grandmother Reiko, the daughter of a Japanese princess; grandmother Rio, who once tried to commit suicide; mother Tomoe, a travel agent; and daughter Nomi. All four were born in the U.S. and live under the same roof. A first novel by a fifth generation Japanese-American.
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Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2012
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IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Despite the doubts of some classmates and her native-born Japanese mother's inability to read English, Yoko finds the key to reading and catches up with the other students in putting new leaves on the classroom's book tree.
59) Tokyo dreaming
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Flatiron Books
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2022.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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When the Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage of her parents, eighteen-year-old Izumi decides to become the perfect princess to help win the council's consent, but will she sacrifice her own heart in order to secure her parents' happiness?
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Getting to know Penny, the daughter she placed for adoption sixteen years ago, thirty -five-year-old Mika Suzuki finds unexpected love with Penny's widowed father and finally has a chance to have the life and family she's always wanted until her deceptions catch up with her.
At thirty-five, Mika Suzuki's life is a mess. Her last relationship ended in flames. Her roommate-slash-best friend might be a hoarder. She's a perpetual disappointment to her...
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