Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and…
by Joanne F. Oppenheim
When Japanese Americans in San Diego were being shipped off to incarceration centers... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 2006
Word Count 89,540
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1040L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 104049, 16.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American--Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--United States--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Children
- Young Adult People & Places
- Japanese American children
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Japanese Americans
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Juvenile literature
- Breed, Clara E. (Clara Estelle), 1906-1994--Correspondence--Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945
- Japanese American children--Correspondence--Juvenile literature
- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Breed, Clara E
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2021
Winner, 2007

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2021
Multicultural and International Honor, 2007

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
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