| Contents |
Prologue: "I pledge allegiance" -- Unwanted -- A square mile of desert -- Barracks, mess halls, and latrines -- School days -- The war -- Take me out to the ball game -- Creatures -- Holidays, festivals, and worship -- Is there a doctor in the house? -- Congratulations and condolences, hellos and goodbyes -- Going home -- Epilogue: Moving forward. |
| Abstract |
"In March 1943, twenty-seven children began third grade in a strange new environment: the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Together with their teacher, Miss Yamauchi, these uprooted young Americans began keeping a classroom diary, with a different child illustrating each day's entry. Their full-color diary entries paint a vivid picture of daily life in an internment camp: schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, health--and the mixed feelings of citizens who were loyal but distrusted"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Interest grade level |
Grades 4-7 |
| Audience |
1090 Lexile |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Tunnell, Michael O. Desert diary. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2020] 9781632896131 |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Illustrated works. |
| Genre/form | Diaries. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
| Genre/form | Personal narratives. |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Personal narratives. |
| Genre/form | Diaries. |
| Genre/form | Illustrated works. |
| LCCN | 2019014251 |
| ISBN | 9781580897891 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1580897894 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
