Books like Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

The diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl hiding with her family in Amsterdam during WWII, recorded daily life, hopes, and fears, becoming a global testament to the Holocaust.

224 pages ; 21 cm

Japanese‑American family deported to a Utah internment camp during World War II, narrated through four family members as they confront eviction and life in isolation.

"Mine Okubo was one of over one hundred thousand people of Japanese descent--nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens--who were forced into 'protective custody' shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660, Okubo's graphic memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, illuminates this experience with poignant illustrations and witty, candid text. Now available with a new introduction by Christine Hong and in a wide-format artist edition, this graphic novel can reach a new generation of readers and scholars. '[Mine Okubo] took her months of life in the concentration camp and made it the material for this amusing, heart-breaking book. The moral is never expressed, but the wry pictures and the scanty words make the reader laugh--and if he is an American too--blush.' 'A remarkably objective and vivid and even humorous account. In dramatic and detailed drawings and brief text, she documents the whole episode. all that she saw, objectively, yet with a warmth of understanding'"--New York times book review"--

A Japanese-American man refuses to join the war, leading to societal and familial consequences.

Japanese women who arrive by mail order bride and other channels to San Francisco in the early 20th century and the daily reality, hopes, and hardships they face while trying to build new lives in America.

A first‑person account of Jeanne Wakatsuki’s childhood in the Manzanar internment camp, detailing her family’s experience and eventual healing.