Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston

208 pages first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative sad medium-paced
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Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp--with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously feat...

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informative 78%
reflective 63%
emotional 61%
sad 50%
challenging 30%
inspiring 30%
dark 15%
hopeful 13%
tense 12%
adventurous 5%

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slow 13%

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