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Novel Description:

Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of one spirited Japanese American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention...and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barbed wire in the United States.More...

Booknotes about Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne and James Houston:

• PinkMonkey® Literature Notes on Farewell to Manzanar by Diane Sauder
  http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmFarewellManzanar01.asp (PinkMonkey.com)
  
  
• SparkNote by Emily von Kohorn
  http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/manzanar/ (SparkNotes.com)
  

Websites about Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne and James Houston:

• Farewell to Manzanar
  http://lpc1.clpccd.cc.ca.us/lpc/marquis/eslhome/farewel.html
  
  
• "Farewell to Manzanar" Literary Discussion Guide
  http://www.csun.edu/~pjs44945/manzan.html

• see grade 9 Japanese Internment
  
  
• Manzanar_National_Historic_Site