{"product_id":"enemy-child-isbn-9780823450022","title":"Enemy Child","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's 1941 and ten-year-old Norman Mineta is a carefree fourth grader in San Jose, California, who loves baseball, hot dogs, and Cub Scouts. But when Japanese forces attack Pearl Harbor, Norm's world is turned upside down.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorecipient of The Flora Stieglitz Straus Award\u003cbr\u003eA Horn Book Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne by one, things that he and his Japanese American family took for granted are taken away. In a matter of months they, along with everyone else of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast, are forced by the government to move to internment camps, leaving everything they have known behind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the Heart Mountain internment camp in Wyoming, Norm and his family live in one room in a tar paper barracks with no running water. There are lines for the communal bathroom, lines for the mess hall, and they live behind barbed wire and under the scrutiny of armed guards in watchtowers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously researched and informed by extensive interviews with Mineta himself, \u003ci\u003eEnemy Child\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on a little-known subject of American history.  Andrea Warren covers the history of early Asian immigration to the United States and provides historical context on the U.S. government's decision to imprison Japanese Americans alongside a deeply personal account of the sobering effects of that policy.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarren takes readers from sunny California to an isolated wartime prison camp and finally to the halls of Congress to tell the true story of a boy who rose from \"enemy child\" to a distinguished American statesman.  Mineta was the first Asian mayor of a major city (San Jose) and was elected ten times to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he worked tirelessly to pass legislation, including the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. He also served as Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Transportation. He has had requests by other authors to write his biography, but this is the first time he has said yes because he wanted young readers to know the story of America's internment camps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnemy Child \u003c\/i\u003eincludes more than ninety photos, many provided by Norm himself, chronicling his family history and his life.  Extensive backmatter includes an Afterword, bibliography, research notes, and multimedia recommendations for further information on this important topic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA California Reading Association Eureka! Nonfiction Gold Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003cb\u003eSociety of Midland Authors Award’s Children’s Reading Round Table Award for Children’s Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Capitol Choices Noteworthy Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Bank Street Best Book of the Year - Outstanding Merit\u003c\/b\u003e★ \"By connecting Mineta’s story to the larger events of World War II and its impact on Japanese Americans, the author helps readers learn about a frightening historical injustice. . . . an inspiring story of character and endurance despite hardships. An important, well-told story. An excellent choice for social studies classes, literature circles, and libraries. Extensive back matter enriches understanding of this historical narrative.\u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \"With so many individual stories, only one absolute emerges from this historical period: a large segment of our population, whether U.S. citizens or first-generation Japanese people deprived of citizenship, were denied their constitutional and civil rights. Warren leaves much to ponder about our nation’s past and present, about 'this beautiful tapestry that is America.'\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is absolutely one of the most important stories for all Americans to know. Andrea Warren’s skillful research and writing, and Norman Mineta's irrepressible spirit and patriotism, make \u003ci\u003eEnemy Child\u003c\/i\u003e a truly special book.\"\u003ci\u003e—Steve Sheinkin, three-time National Book Award Finalist and author of\u003c\/i\u003e Bomb, The Port Chicago 50 \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eUndefeated \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Writing efficiently with concise descriptors, Warren narrates in the third person, focusing primarily on the family and social environment of Mineta's school-age years. . . . an invaluable record of an incredible life.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Warren’s biography adroitly covers Mineta’s subsequent education and distinguished career. Extremely well researched and boasting Mineta’s cooperation, the book is generously illustrated with period black-and-white photos. It’s a fascinating record of an eventful and significant life.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eEnemy Child\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrea Warren shares with the world what Norman  Mineta's many friends have known for years: He is a national treasure.  Her luminous book tells the story of the Japanese American incarceration  with depth and grace and shows how Norm's life is truly an American  journey.\"\u003ci\u003e—Shirley Ann Higuchi, Chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are still too few books for youth about U.S. Japanese-American internment, and this affecting volume offers an essential view.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"Warren bases her narrative on interviews as well as other primary and secondary resources, and although readers who have read other work on the internment camps will find much that is familiar, the Mineta family story offers particulars that do not emerge with such clarity in other accounts.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAndrea Warren is a writer and journalist who has written many award-winning nonfiction books for children, including Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; and Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy. Ms. Warren lives in Kansas.","brand":"Margaret Ferguson Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300246671589,"sku":"NP9780823450022","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780823450022.jpg?v=1767726275","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/enemy-child-isbn-9780823450022","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}