This Is My Country Too!: Growing Up in a Japanese-american Internment Camp

by Jane Schuman

After December 7, 1941, life changed for everyone in America. War was declared on Japan, Italy and Germany. Lisa and her family learn they are feared, hated and are to be separated from all the other people in America. Her family and all the Japanese will be punished. They are sent to Jerome, Arkansas, to live in an internment camp surrounded by swampland. Not only do they lose their home, but also the country they have known all their lives. This Is My Country Too! shows all the confusion a girl must deal with during these two years. The story also deals with the feelings other people have towards them. Many hate them but have never seen a Japanese person. Every day is filled with fear and depression. It is only with a loving family that Lisa is able to endure this time in her life.

51 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2006