Gaijin American Prisoner Of War

Author : Matt Faulkner
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1484712137
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaijin: American Prisoner of War written by Matt Faulkner and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a white mother and a Japanese father, Koji Miyamoto quickly realizes that his home in San Francisco is no longer a welcoming one after Pearl Harbor is attacked. And once he's sent to an internment camp, he learns that being half white at the camp is just as difficult as being half Japanese on the streets of an American city during WWII. Koji's story, based on true events, is brought to life by Matt Faulkner's cinematic illustrations that reveal Koji struggling to find his place in a tumultuous world-one where he is a prisoner of war in his own country.

Author : Matt Faulkner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416916296
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Taste of Colored Water written by Matt Faulkner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some Online Copy

Author : Matt Faulkner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534477640
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Nest of Silence written by Matt Faulkner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Evocative prose and illustrations bring to life…[the] heart-wrenching decisions and considerations that Japanese Americans had to face…[and] their endurance, sacrifices, and resilience, even as their loyalty was questioned without cause.” —Susan H. Kamei, author of When Can We Go Back to America? Told in a brilliant blend of prose and graphic novel, this unforgettable middle grade story about a Japanese American family during World War II is written and illustrated by Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature winner Matt Faulkner. Manzanar is nothing like home. Yet the relocation center is where Mari and her family have to live, now that the government has decided that Japanese Americans aren’t American enough. Determined to prove them wrong, Mari’s brother Mak has joined the army and is heading off to war. In protest, Mari has stopped talking for the duration of the war. Or at least until Mak comes home safe. Still, Mari has no trouble expressing herself through her drawings. Mak, too, expresses himself in his letters home, first from training camp and later from the front lines of World War II, where he is fighting with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. But while his letters are reassuring, reality is not: Mak is facing danger at every turn, from racism within the army to violence on the battlefield. In turns humorous and heartbreaking, Mari and Mak’s story will stick with readers long after the last page.

Author : Kevin C. Pyle
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805082867
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Take What You Can Carry written by Kevin C. Pyle and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although two boys grow up in vastly different times and locations, their lives intersect in more ways than one as they discover compassion, develop loyalty, and find renewal in the most surprising of places.

Author : Matt Faulkner
Publisher : Scholastic
ISBN 13 : 9780590448604
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Voyage of Jackie Grace written by Matt Faulkner and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 1991-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442445068
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thank You, Sarah written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Speak and Fever, 1793, comes the never-before-told tale of Sarah Josepha Hale, the extraordinary "lady editor" who made Thanksgiving a national holiday! Thanksgiving might have started with a jubilant feast on Plymouth's shore. But by the 1800s America's observance was waning. None of the presidents nor Congress sought to revive the holiday. And so one invincible "lady editor" name Sarah Hale took it upon herself to rewrite the recipe for Thanksgiving as we know it today. This is an inspirational, historical, all-out boisterous tale about perseverance and belief: In 1863 Hale's thirty-five years of petitioning and orations got Abraham Lincoln thinking. He signed the Thanksgiving Proclamation that very year, declaring it a national holiday. This story is a tribute to Hale, her fellow campaigners, and to the amendable government that affords citizens the power to make the world a better place! Included in this e-book edition is a read-along option.

Author : Ruby Shamir
Publisher : Philomel Books
ISBN 13 : 0593114906
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What's the Big Deal about Freedom written by Ruby Shamir and published by Philomel Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A kid-friendly history of the concept of freedom in the U.S"--

Author : Matt Faulkner
Publisher : Philomel
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pirate Meets the Queen written by Matt Faulkner and published by Philomel. This book was released on 2005 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the son of notorious Irish pirate queen Granny O'Malley is captured by the English, Granny tries to meet with Queen Elizabeth I to negotiate for his freedom.

Author : Ruby Shamir
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524738085
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What's the Big Deal About Elections written by Ruby Shamir and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ballots to bonfires, from suffrage to stumping, this kid-friendly picture book filled with fun facts and historical trivia shows why voting is so important and why America gets to call its government a body of, by, and for the people. Did you know that Election Day is on Tuesday because that was the best day for farmers to vote? Or that George Washington was our only elected president who ran unopposed? Or that Native Americans were only given the right to vote in 1924? It's all true! We hear a lot about political campaigns on the news, but there's tons to know about elections beyond the politics of each race. Who gets to vote? Who gets to run? What do elected officials do once they're in office--and what do candidates do if they lose? Why do people fight so hard for the right to vote? In this kid-friendly, fact-filled book, young readers will find out how Americans choose their leaders, local and federal, and why elections should matter to them, even if they can't vote (yet)! Praise for What's the Big Deal About Elections: "An informative introduction to the importance of voting, and a great choice for group reading choice before election season." --School Library Journal "An empowering choice." --Kirkus Reviews "This latest entry into the What's the Big Deal about . . . series is an upbeat discussion starter." --Booklist

Author : Ruby Shamir
Publisher : Philomel
ISBN 13 : 1524738034
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What's the Big Deal about Americans written by Ruby Shamir and published by Philomel. This book was released on 2019 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Native American traditions to immigrant inventions, from diversity to democracy, from ice cream cones to apple pie, this picture book is filled with fun facts and historical trivia, celebrating the melting pot and mosaic that is America. Did you know that the inventor of American cheese actually came from Canada? Or that founding father Benjamin Franklin was inspired to create a democratic society by a confederacy of Native American tribes who came together to stop their constant warring? How about that both "God Bless America" and "White Christmas" were written by Irving Berlin, a Russian Jew who fled to the U.S. because of persecution back home? People have come to America from many different countries, in many different ways, for many different reasons. Americans have many different beliefs, different languages, and different traditions. But even with all of these differences, America comes together with the understanding that our country and government is "of the people, by the people, and for the people." And there's nothing more American than that.