Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (2002-04-29)

My 12 year old son thought this book was interesting and full of information. It taught him about how life was like for Japanese-Americans iin WWII. Overall, he thought it was a pretty good book-4.2 stars

Middle school required reading. Nonfiction. Seen through the eyes of a young girl, it shares the experiences and resilience of Japanese-Americans who were sent to concentration camps during World War II. Good reminder of what could happen when the government unfairly makes policies based on fears and racism. The US government separated an entire race of its people from their communities, livelihood, way of life, and treated them as enemies, all because of their race. It happened in America, so it's important for people not to forget and hopefully prevent it from happening again. Recommended reading.

Jeanne did a good job in describing her family and their horrible journey through internment at Manzanar. This terrific Injustice had horrific impact on her family, especially her father, taking away his feeling of manhood and pride. I throughly enjoyed reading the book to learn more about the years of internment of the Japanese people during World War II. My only disappointment was I was left with a desire for more information on the impact of internment on the Japanese Americans.

Heart-wrenching story of the
"relocation" of the Japanese during WW11 told through the eyes of a young girl. Tale includes profiles of her family members and their struggle to have a "normal" life in camp.

This is the book that everyone should read to know more about the real history that sometimes is not told. From the eyes of a little Japanese who lived in Manzanar during the war between USA and Japan in 1942.

This book gives an account of the Japanese internment camps in the United State during WWII. It is telling of the human character: the will to survive in terrible circumstances, retain dignity while losing your freedom, and being ostracized as an American citizen simply because of the way you look or worship. It is a poignant story of one family's struggle to not only survive but thrive in the best way they can. It tells of the toll the internment took on the family life of these Japanese Americans and serves as a challenge to us today.

Farewell to Manzanar is a book so close to nonfiction that I almost forgot it wasn't an autobiography. It tells us about a huge part in time that still brings this country shame and a how we can learn from this.

With the election of 2016 looming just a few months away, this is a book that COULD teach so many democratic lessons. How we as a country could enact such an injustice on our own citizens is beyond me and beyond us as a nation. SHAME on us!!! I would love to have the"Donald" check this story out but he would not probably care!!

I would recommend this book for class reading. This was a good book, but it does not have much of an exciting story. Although, it is basically a diary so it isn't exactly something to read for fun. It does show another race that America has wronged for a small reason (or for no reason).
1) The Indians
2) The African Americans
3) The Japanese

I was very disappointed by this book. The title is misleading due to the fact that it is more of a book about a teen age girl with growing pains. It just so happened she was at Manzanar at this time. Her book only has 1-2 chapters about her life there. This book would be enjoyed by a youn teen age girl, but not by anyone interested in the dark cloud that Manzanar was.