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For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--an...

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Main Author: Chee, Traci (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
Subjects:
Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 > Young adult fiction.
Japanese American families > Young adult fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > United States > Young adult fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japanese Americans > Young adult fiction.
Concentration camps > United States > Young adult fiction.
Prejudices > Young adult fiction.
California > History > 20th century > Young adult fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction > Young adult.
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Summary:For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps.
Physical Description:382 pages ; 21 cm
Audience:Ages 12 and up.
Grades 7-9.
ISBN:9780358131434
035813143X
Author Notes:Traci Chee is a New York Times bestselling author of the YA fantasy trilogy- The Reader , The Speaker , and The Storyteller which were shortlisted and nominated for multiple awards and accolades. In We Are Not Free, Chee changes gears, pulling from her own family history in this stunning and evocative novel, one that resonates so deeply against today's tumultuous political backdrop. Visit her at www.tracichee.com, on Twitter @tracichee and on Facebook and Instagram @TraciCheeAuthor.

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