Oppenheim, Joanne.

Dear Miss Breed : true stories of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and the librarian who made a difference / by Joanne Oppenheim ; foreward by Elizabeth Kikuchi Yamada ; afterword by Snowden Becker. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic, 2006. - 287 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 282) and index.

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 librarian, Miss Clara Breed, who worked on their behalf to show the injustice of their imprisonment.



0439569923 : $22.99

2004059009


Breed, Clara E.--Correspondence.


Japanese Americans--Relocation.
World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Children.
Japanese American children--Correspondence.

D769.8.A6 / O67 2006

940.53/1773