Displaying 1 of 1 2006 Format: Book Author: Oppenheim, Joanne, author. Title: Dear Miss Breed : true stories of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and a librarian who made a difference / by Joanne Oppenheim ; foreword by Elizabeth Kikuchi Yamada ; afterword by Snowden Becker. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Scholastic, 2006. Description: 287 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm Summary: In the early 1940s, Clara Breed was the children's librarian at the San Diego Public Library. But she was also friend to dozens of Japanese American children and teens when war broke out in December of 1941. The story of what happened to these American citizens is told through letters that her young friends wrote to Miss Breed during their internment. This librarian and humanitarian served as a lifeline to these imprisoned young people, and was brave enough to speak out against a shameful chapter in American history. Subjects: Breed, Clara E. (Clara Estelle), 1906-1994 -- Correspondence. Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States. Japanese American children -- Correspondence. Women librarians. Genre: Biographies. Personal narratives. Personal correspondence. Other Author: Yamada, Elizabeth Kikuchi, writer of foreword. Becker, Snowden, writer of afterword. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 282) and index. National Council for the Social Studies, Carter G. Woodson Book Award, Secondary Level Award Winner, 2007 Contents: Young people in this book -- Introduction: How I met the remarkable Miss Breed -- About the camps -- "We were filled with a terrible fear" -- A second date of infamy -- Welcome to Santa Japanita! -- "Seabiscuit's signature" -- The winners are ... -- "Greetings from far-off Poston" -- "Real American children" -- Bitter winter -- "Poston seems like home to me" -- First graduates, class of '43 -- "This place will be ... a ghost town!" -- "Courage belongs to no one race" -- "On the threshold of freedom" -- "No price tag for freedom" -- History in a box -- Appendix: List of things sent by and to Clara Breed. LCCN: 2004059009 ISBN: 9780439569927 0439569923 0439569923 Other Number: 56826215 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 665421 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 940.531773 Oppenhei Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
