Chapter 12: America and World War II, 1941-1945 - Georgia ...

For other literature selections that relate to Japanese culture, Japanese Americans, and World
War II, you might consider the following book suggestions.
Citizen 13660 (Nonfiction)
by Miné Okubo
Born in 1912, Okubo received her master’s degree in fine arts from the University of
California at Berkeley. Using her artistic skills, she recounts with ink drawings and words
her experiences in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
One Sunny Day (Autobiography)
by Hideko Tamura Snider
When Hideko Tamura was 10 years old, the atomic bomb devastated her home in Hiroshima.
In this powerful narrative, Hideko describes her life before the bombing, the explosion
itself, and the influence of that trauma upon her life in Japan and later the United States.
Her years in the States provided her with unusual insight into the relationship between
Japanese and American cultures and the lasting impact of the bombing of Hiroshima.
Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American
Family (Autobiography)
by Yoshiko Uchida
Uchida had to move to an internment camp during her senior year at the University of
California at Berkeley. Her autobiography provides another view of life at an internment
camp experienced by Japanese American citizens during the Second World War.
Snow Falling on Cedars (Fiction)
by David Guterson
With palpable, anti-Japanese sentiment in the background, a Japanese American
fisherman fights for his reputation and his life in a murder trial set in Puget Sound
during the 1950s.
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