It’s 1941 and ten-year-old Norman Mineta is a carefree fourth grader in San Jose, California, who loves baseball, hot dogs, and Cub Scouts. But when Japanese forces attack Pearl Harbor, Norm’s world is turned upside down as, one by one, things that he and his Japanese American family took for granted are taken away. In a matter of months, they, along with everyone else of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast, are forced by the government to move to internment camps, leaving everything they have known behind.
Further information about Japanese American internment and Norman Mineta. Multimedia recommendations. Author’s note on her research process. Bibliography. Source notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs, maps, and reproductions.
Title alpha Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II
Level Biography Middle Plus
Pages Count 224
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Norman Mineta (1931– ). World War II (1939–1945). Japanese internment. Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans. Heart Mountain Internment Camp, Wyoming. Japanese American legislators. US politicians.
SRC Level 9.200000
SRC Points 11.000000
Lexile 1030L
Trim Size 9 1/2" x 8 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2019-03-18
JLG Release Date Jun 2019
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Biography Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
Biography Middle Plus
Biography Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
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