I decided to read, Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James
             D. Houston. This book is about the Japanese internment camps that were set up in
             America during World War II, and how it affected this particular family. It tells
             the story of the separation of the family members, hardships, and hatred that
             they had to live with during this time period. It also helps to open our eyes to the
             irony of the whole situation, and how our government can contradict themselves
             over some of the issues we were fighting for.
             The book tells the story from Jeanne Wakatsuki, the main character, point
             of view, and how she and her family struggled to make it through this time period
             in American History. The book is told from Jeanne's own experiences in her own
             town, how her peers at school treated her, and what it was like being uprooted
             from their home and being put into the Japanese internment camp of Manzanar.
             The book with the news of Pearl Harbor, and the reactions from the
             Wakatsuki family. It also begins with her father being taken away for supposedly
             supplying oil to Japanese submarines of the coast while he was fishing. It also goes
             into some detail on how their neighbors, and people throughout their town treated
             them after the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It helps to kind of shed some
             light on one particular girls point of view, and how she is confused on why people
             are being so mean to her and her family. the book also goes into some detail on how
             it felt to be split up from her father and how they felt like prisoners in a country
             The book also gives great detail of life in these camps. This particular book
             focused only on Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp near Mammoth. It gives
             good details on their cramped living situations, and how that there was no privacy,
             and how uncomfortable it was in the beginning. It describes that women used to
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