Fish for Jimmy: Inspired By One Family's Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp
For two boys in a Japanese-American family, everything changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States went to war. With the family forced to leave their home and go to an internment camp, Jimmy loses his appetite. Older brother Taro takes matters into his own hands and, night after...
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For two boys in a Japanese-American family, everything changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States went to war. With the family forced to leave their home and go to an internment camp, Jimmy loses his appetite. Older brother Taro takes matters into his own hands and, night after night, sneaks out of the camp, and catches fresh fish for Jimmy to help make him strong again. This affecting tale of courage and love is an adaptation of the author's true family story.
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Format: School
ISBN:
9780823423750 (0823423751)
Publish date: January 7th 2013
Publisher: Holiday House
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
A touching, beautifully illustrated story based upon the author's own family history.
3.5 stars. Fish for Jimmy was a great book for educating my niece and nephew about the existence of the Japanese internment camps during World War II. The story also explained the events that lead to the (flawed) logic behind the establishment of these camps.Now, my niece and nephew had not been a...
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