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Fish for Jimmy inspired by one family's experience in a Japanese American internment camp

When brothers Taro and Jimmy and their mother are forced to move from their home in California to a Japanese internment camp in the wake of the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing, Taro daringly escapes the camp to find fresh fish for his grieving brother.

Main Author:	Yamasaki, Katie (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, [2013]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 > Juvenile fiction. Brothers > Juvenile fiction. Historical fiction > Juvenile. Picture books.

Summary:	When brothers Taro and Jimmy and their mother are forced to move from their home in California to a Japanese internment camp in the wake of the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing, Taro daringly escapes the camp to find fresh fish for his grieving brother.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Audience:	AD880L Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 4 (hard)
Awards:	NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People: History, Life & Culture in the Americas (2014).
ISBN:	9780823423750 0823423751
Author Notes:	Katie Yamasaki is a muralist, author, and teacher. When she was growing up, the World War II internment of 110,000 Japanese and Japanese American citizens was never discussed in school--even though most of Katie's Japanese family was interned. Inspired by her family's history, she wrote Fish for Jimmy to honor their bravery and the memory of those like them. Based in Brooklyn, New York, she travels widely across the world to paint in and work with diverse communities. She is passionate about art as dialogue and storytelling.

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