The Little Exile by Arakawa, Jeanette

The Little Exile (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611720365)

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The Little Exile by Arakawa, Jeanette

The Little Exile

$18.95
The Little Exile by Arakawa, Jeanette

The Little Exile

$18.95
Format: Paperback
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An American girl of Japanese ancestry is exiled in her own country after Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.

After Pearl Harbor, little Marie Mitsui, who considers herself a typical American girl, sees her life of school and playing with friends in San Francisco totally upended. Her family and 120,000 others of Japanese ancestry are forcibly relocated to internment camps far from home. Living conditions in the camps are harsh, life after camp is similarly harsh, but in the end, as she and her family make their way back to San Francisco, Marie sees hope for the future.

Told from a child's perspective, The Little Exile deftly conveys Marie's innocence, wonder, fear, and outrage. Though names and some details have been altered, this is the author's own life story. She believes that underlying everyone's experience, no matter how varied, are threads of humanity that bind us all. It is her hope that readers of all ages are able to find those threads in her story.



Author: Jeanette Arakawa
ISBN-10: 1611720362
ISBN-13: 9781611720365
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2017
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2017
By Jeanette Arakawa
By Jeanette Arakawa
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Jeanette Arakawa was born in San Francisco, California to Japanese immigrants. Between 1942 and 1945, during World War II, she was part of a diaspora that took her to Stockton, California, Rohwer, Arkansas, and Denver, Colorado. She returned to San Francisco in 1946.

Jeanette and her husband, Kiyoto, have two sons and a grown granddaughter. Over the years Jeanette's devotion to educational issues has permitted her to share her experiences in the classroom as well as other forums. She continues to be an active member of her temple. Writing, line dancing, taiko (Japanese drumming), and singing occupy the spaces available in her busy life. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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