Author - Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
Publisher - Dell, 1973.
Page #'s - 203
Rating - 4/5
Farewell to Manzanar is the tale of a Japanese-American family during WWII. The father is a local fisherman and has ten children. They are taken away and put into an internment camp, Manzanar. The family has to get used to the new way of life and try to make things as good and normal as possible. They create schools, dances, and much more. Once the war is over and the family is let free, they have to get used to a life outside of Manzanar. It is not as easy as they thought.
This is a great personal insight into what a Japanese internment camp was like during the war. One of the authors was the main girl in the story. I have never heard much about the camps in school and this book taught me a lot about the camps and the Japanese-American culture itself. It is even better because the small details that the authors remember makes it that much better and important to read. Everyone should read this book to hear about the injustices that happened on our own land during WWII.
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