Mary Matusda Gruenewald

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mary Matsuda is a typical 16-year-old girl living on Vashon Island, Washington with her family. On December 7, 1942, the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, and Mary's life changes forever. Mary and her brother, Yoneichi, are U.S. citizens, but they are imprisoned, along with their parents, in a Japanese-American internment camp. Mary endures an indefinite sentence behind barbed wire in crowded, primitive camps, struggling for survival and dignity. Mary wonders if they will be killed, or if they will one day return to their beloved home and berry farm. The author tells her story with the passion and spirit of a girl trying to make sense of this terrible injustice to her and her family. Mary captures the emotional and psychological essence of what it was like to grow up in the midst of this profound dislocation, questioning her Japanese and her American heritage. Few other books on this subject come close to the emotional power, raw honesty, and moral significance of this memoir. This personal story provides a touchstone for the young student learning about World War II and this difficult chapter in U.S. history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NewSage Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780939165667
• Artikelnr.: 38229777

Autorenporträt

Mary Matsuda Gruenewald was 17 years old when the U.S. government ordered her family and about 120,000 Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast to internment camps. In 2010, she is now 84 years old, lives in Seattle, and travels regularly to speak about her years imprisoned in her own country. Her articles on internment during WW II have appeared in newspapers nationally, and she has presented radio commentaries for NPR KPLU. Gruenewald worked as a registered nurse for more than 25 years. She has also advised the National Park Service on establishing Minidoka Internment Camp as a National Park. She received an Asian American Living Pioneer Award in 2003 honoring her contributions.

Maureen R. Michelson has worked as a writer and editor for more than 35 years. As a former journalist, she worked at Time magazine and its sister publications. Michelson founded NewSage Press in 1985 and has served as its publisher for 25 years. Authored books include, Women & Work: Photographs and Personal Writings and Pasadena: One Hundred Years. Michelson lives in Portland, Oregon.