Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
The Moved-Outers (The Newbery Honor Roll)
A story about a Japanese American family confronting wartime incarceration while trying to preserve dignity and family bonds. Against a background of prejudice and loss, it portrays the anxiety and resilience of people forced from place to place.
historical fictionJapanese Americanswartimefamily
Work Information
A displaced family struggles to hold on to dignity.
This children's novel depicts the experience of a Japanese American family sent to an incarceration camp in wartime America. Its quiet style shows how large historical forces shake everyday life.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Walker & Co
- Published
- 1993-01-01
- Pages
- 156 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 2.54 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780802773869
- ISBN-10
- 0802773869
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Literature & Fiction/Historical Fiction/Military & Wars
After the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor in 1941, life changes drastically for eighteen-year-old Sumiko Ohara and her family when they are sent from their home in California to a series of relocation camps