Looking Like the Enemy (The Young Reader's Edition)

by Gruenewald, Mary Matusda; Michelson, Maureen R.

• ISBN13: 9780939165582
• ISBN10: 0939165589
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-11
• Publisher: NewSage Press

Summary

When Mary Matsuda was 16 years old, her life changed forever. Mary's happy carefree life growing up on a berry farm in Washington State ended the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Along with her brother Yoneichi, and her parents, Mary was forced to leave her Vashon Island home and face imprisonment in Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. Why? Because Mary was Japanese American and she looked like the enemy.

Author Biography

This Young Reader's Edition of Mary Matsuda Gruenewald's adult memoir, Looking Like the Enemy, introduces younger readers to U.S. history through the details of this personal and riveting story. Includes historic photos, author interview, a Teacher's and Reader's Guide, Students' Writing and Research Activities, glossary of Japanese terms and glossary of vocabulary words.

Table of Contents

The Day My Life Changed Forever	p. 1
Am I American or Japanese?	p. 7
Being Japanese in America	p. 15
Burning Our Japanese Treasures	p. 23
The FBI Searches Our House	p. 30
Leaving Our Home	p. 35
Family Number 19788	p. 43
The First Internment Camp	p. 53
Moved Again	p. 64
Last Dance in the Searchlight	p. 72
Dignity in the Midst of Hardship	p. 77
Collecting Seashells at Tule Lake	p. 87
Sharing Stories	p. 92
Making Friends	p. 98
Freedom	p. 107
No No or Yes Yes?	p. 115
The Great Divide	p. 125
Heart Mountain Internment Camp	p. 133
Remembering Twenty Years From Now	p. 143
Yoneichi Goes to War	p. 152
Nursing School	p. 158
Going Our Own Ways	p. 168
On My Own	p. 175
Nisei Soldiers	p. 185
The War Ends	p. 192
Home Again	p. 196
Mama-San	p. 207
Return to Minidoka Internment Camp	p. 215
Afterword	p. 223
Acknowledgments	p. 231
Author Interview	p. 233
Vocabulary Words	p. 239
Glossary of Japanese Words and Phrases	p. 243
Teacher's and Reader's Guide	p. 246
Students' Writing and Research Activities	p. 248
About the Authors	p. 250
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