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Dear Miss Breed
Joanne Oppenheim

Dear Miss Breed

True Stores of the Japanese American Incarceration during World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference

Scholastic (Feb 01, 2006)
9780439569927
| Hardcover
288 pages | 221 x 262 mm | USA | English
$ 22.99 | Value: $ 22.99
Dewey 940.531773
LC Classification D769.8.A6 .O67 2006
LC Control No. 2004059009

Genre

  • History

Subject

  • American History
  • Japanese-American Internment 1942-1946
  • Racism
  • Twentieth Century (1900s)
  • World War II, 1939-1945

Plot

Provides the story of life in a Japanese internment camp during World War II through the correspondence of the children in the camp to their respected librarian, Miss Clara Breed, who worked on their behalf to show the injustice of these laws and ill-treatment of her fellow citizens during their imprisonment. Teacher's Guide available.