Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II
by Andrea Warren
It's 1941 and ten-year-old Norman Mineta is a carefree fourth grader in San Jose,... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 37,640
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1030L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 503652, 6.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Biographies
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Children
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Children--Biography
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--United States--Biography
- United States
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Children--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans
- Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931---Juvenile literature
- Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931-
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Children--Biography
- Legislators--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Children--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Mineta, Norman Yoshio
- World War, 1939-1945
- Legislators--United States--Biography
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)--Children--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)--Children--Biography
- Legislators
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
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- Sample: EL Education, Grades 6-8
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