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2006., Scholastic Inc. Call No: 940.53 OPPENHEIM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: True stories of the Japanese-American citizens who were jailed or put into work camps during World War II, and the librarian who was their lifeline; told through letters, student writings, and oral histories from the survivors of that terrible time in American history.
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2006., Adolescent, Scholastic Call No: 940.53 OPP Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.