Internment Books

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as internment)
avg rating 4.05 — 316,686 ratings — published 2009
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They Called Us Enemy They Called Us Enemy (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as internment)
avg rating 4.42 — 53,844 ratings — published 2019
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Snow Falling on Cedars Snow Falling on Cedars (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as internment)
avg rating 3.86 — 195,162 ratings — published 1994
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When the Emperor Was Divine When the Emperor Was Divine (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as internment)
avg rating 3.81 — 31,004 ratings — published 2002
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The Buddha in the Attic The Buddha in the Attic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as internment)
avg rating 3.71 — 64,557 ratings — published 2011
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Displacement Displacement (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as internment)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,543 ratings — published 2020
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Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as internment)
avg rating 4.00 — 436 ratings — published 2006
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Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as internment)
avg rating 4.09 — 716 ratings — published 2005
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No-No Boy (Classics of Asian American Literature) No-No Boy (Classics of Asian American Literature)
by (shelved 6 times as internment)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,704 ratings — published 1956
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Love in the Library Love in the Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as internment)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,829 ratings — published 2022
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Clark and Division (Japantown Mystery, #1) Clark and Division (Japantown Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as internment)
avg rating 3.62 — 10,379 ratings — published 2021
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Tallgrass Tallgrass (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as internment)
avg rating 3.90 — 13,049 ratings — published 2007
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Baseball Saved Us Baseball Saved Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as internment)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,021 ratings — published 1993
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Weedflower Weedflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as internment)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,938 ratings — published 2006
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Nisei Daughter Nisei Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as internment)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,070 ratings — published 1979
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Internment Internment (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as internment)
avg rating 3.86 — 20,497 ratings — published 2019
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This Time Will Be Different This Time Will Be Different (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as internment)
avg rating 3.71 — 4,113 ratings — published 2019
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Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as internment)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,597 ratings — published 2016
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The Japanese Lover The Japanese Lover (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as internment)
avg rating 3.89 — 97,754 ratings — published 2015
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The Piano Teacher The Piano Teacher (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as internment)
avg rating 3.37 — 24,024 ratings — published 2009
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Fish for Jimmy: Inspired by One Family's Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp Fish for Jimmy: Inspired by One Family's Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as internment)
avg rating 3.97 — 273 ratings — published 2013
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Citizen 13660 (Classics of Asian American Literature) Citizen 13660 (Classics of Asian American Literature)
by (shelved 4 times as internment)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,962 ratings — published 1946
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Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as internment)
avg rating 3.88 — 849 ratings — published 1982
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My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 4.51 — 769 ratings — published 2024
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We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 4.17 — 906 ratings — published 2021
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A Place to Belong A Place to Belong (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,596 ratings — published 2019
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The War Outside The War Outside (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 3.75 — 6,198 ratings — published 2018
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Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 4.40 — 647 ratings — published 2018
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Dust of Eden Dust of Eden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 4.07 — 931 ratings — published 2014
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Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 4.19 — 899 ratings — published 2013
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The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942 (My Name Is America) The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942 (My Name Is America)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 3.76 — 914 ratings — published 1999
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Silver Like Dust Silver Like Dust (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,783 ratings — published 2012
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Journey to Topaz Journey to Topaz (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,680 ratings — published 1971
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Empire of the Sun Empire of the Sun (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 3.98 — 22,786 ratings — published 1984
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Obasan Obasan (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 3.70 — 8,398 ratings — published 1981
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Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as internment)
avg rating 4.32 — 301 ratings — published 2000
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The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 4.42 — 114 ratings — published 2024
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We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,286 ratings — published 2023
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Evergreen (Japantown Mystery #2) Evergreen (Japantown Mystery #2)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,593 ratings — published 2023
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Those Who Helped Us: Assisting Japanese Americans During the War Those Who Helped Us: Assisting Japanese Americans During the War (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 3.99 — 141 ratings — published
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Stealing Home Stealing Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,004 ratings — published 2021
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Home of the Brave Home of the Brave (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 3.63 — 219 ratings — published 2002
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It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,250 ratings — published 2019
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Letters to Memory Letters to Memory (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 3.93 — 146 ratings — published 2017
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Within These Lines Within These Lines (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,635 ratings — published 2019
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A Scarf for Keiko A Scarf for Keiko (Library Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as internment)
avg rating 4.28 — 989 ratings — published 2019
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P.G. Wodehouse
“If this is Upper Silesia, what on earth must Lower Silesia be like?”
P.G. Wodehouse

N.K. Jemisin
“The Fulcrum is not the first institution to have learned an eternal truth of humankind: No need for guards when you can convince people to collaborate in their own internment.”
N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

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