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484) Naviky Tokio
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Tokyo ever after volume 1
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Ukrainian
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"Idzumi Tanaka, abo zh prosto Izzi, nikoly ne pochuvalasya na sto vidsotkiv svoyeYU v tykhomu mistechku na pivnochi Kaliforniyi. Ta Izzi y hadky ne mala, shcho yiyi bat'ko -- naslidnyy prynts Yaponiyi, a sama vona -- spravzhnisin'ka pryntsesa. Pryholomshena tsym vidkryttyam, Izzi vyrushaye do Yaponiyi, shchob nareshti pobachyty bat'ka ta bat'kivshchynu. Odnak Izzi rozumiye, shcho teper na neyi chekayut' ne lyshe vyshukani sukni ta diademy, a y sprahla...
485) American dreams
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English
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Developments in World War II force Amy Mochida and her family to move from Hollywood to an internment camp with other Japanese Americans, changing Amy's friendship with eleven-year-old Jeannie.
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English
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"Born in 1919-learn how civil rights activist Fred Korematsu stood up against injustices to Japanese Americans and how professional baseball player Jackie Robinson challenged segregation. Aligned with curriculum standards, this book also highlights key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Civic Literacy, and Economic Literacy. Thought-provoking content and a hands-on activity encourage critical thinking and civic engagement. Book includes table...
487) Beyond the betrayal: the memoir of a World War II Japanese American draft resister of conscience
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English
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"A memoir by a Nisei member of the Fair Play Committee that was organized at the Heart Mountain War Relocation Authority camp. A book-length, insider's perspective, account by a Nisei World War II draft resister. A rare acknowledgment of dissension within the resistance movement, between the young men who went to prison, and older leaders."
488) Coming home
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American adventure (Barbour) volume 48
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English
Description
Polio strikes one of the Harrington children, while everyone awaits the news of an older brother, hoping he will return safely after the war.
489) Tokio ever after
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Polish
Description
A gdyby okazało się, że jesteś prawdziwą księżniczką? Izumi Tanaka zawsze w głębi serca czuła, że odstaje od rówieśników - nie jest łatwo być Japończykiem w małym, zapyziałym miasteczku w północnej Kalifornii. Wychowana przez samotną matkę, z którą zawsze tworzyła zgraną drużynę - one dwie przeciwko światu - pewnego dnia Izzy odkrywa wskazówkę dotyczącą tożsamości jej nieznanego wcześniej ojca... a jest on nikim...
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English
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"What should by now be a familiar, if always disturbing event in American history--the internment of Japanese American citizens and aliens during World War II--is given an original treatment in this creative memoir. Lily Havey was ten years old when her family of four was uprooted and sent first to Santa Anita Assembly Center in southern California and subsequently for the duration of the war to the Amache (or Granada) internment camp in southeastern...
492) White savior
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English
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"East meets West, but is that really for the best? An ancient prophecy foretold of an outsider that would save the peaceful Japanese village of Inoki from an unstoppable army--a man who would confuse the people at first with his unconventional ways, but lead them to the light. Nathan Garin, Captain in the United States Army, known for his viciousness in battle on the American frontier, could be that man...if he weren't such an awful, drunken idiot....
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English
Description
This powerful and haunting account of the Japanese American internment raises issues about ethnicity in America today. Like the 120,000 other Japanese Americans who lived on the West Coast during the outbreak of World War II, the close-knit Okamoto family was sent to concentration camps for over three years without due process, simply because they resembled the foreign enemy who attacked Pearl Harbor.
494) Rabbit in the moon
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English
Description
A documentary about the lasting effects of the World War II internment on the Japanese American community. The film examines issues that ultimately created deep rifts within the Japanese American community. Looks at the racist loyalty oath, and the practice of drafting for the US military within the camps. Relies on testimony of camp survivors and families to show individual traumas, these are then placed into an overall perspective.
495) Racial profiling
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English
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Focuses on the debate surrounding racial profiling in the United States--including a historical look at criminal profiles and U.S. government initiatives like Japanese-American internment during WWII through to the modern anti-terrorist age--through scholarly opinions, statistics, and studies.
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English
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"Daniel Inouye was born in Hawaii to parents who came from Japan. He had a happy life as a child until 1941 when the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor in his hometown. As war broke out, Daniel's life changed forever. He fought in the U.S. Army against the Japanese and then went on to serve Hawaii and his country in the U.S. Senate"--
500) Rumblings of war
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Series
American adventure (Barbour) volume 45
Language
English
Description
After the Depression and as America prepares for war, the Harringtons are adjusting to life in Seattle and find themselves having to deal with prejudice toward their Japanese-American friends.
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