Enemy Child, Andrea Warren
Enemy Child, Andrea Warren
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Enemy Child
The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II

Author: Andrea Warren

Narrator: Caroline McLaughlin

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/30/2019


Synopsis

One by one, things that Norm 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. At 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 and lines for the mess hall, and they live behind barbed wire and under the scrutiny of armed guards in watchtowers. Meticulously researched and informed by extensive interviews with Norm Mineta himself, this narrative 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 for the U.S. governments decision to imprison Japanese Americans alongside a deeply personal account of the sobering effects of that policy.

About Andrea Warren

Andrea 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. Having received a master’s degree in magazine journalism, she continues to research and write in Kansas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Edie

This book is a great example of "thinking you know all about the subject" and then reading a book that provides new compelling information. In this case one of the most shocking "new" information for me about the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII was the fact that even babies in orphanage......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

Norman Mineta isn't a household name in any but the most government-nerd households, and he won't have kid appeal on name alone. But for a fresh take on Japanese interment camps, this is a solid read. Especially reading this during the Covid-19 quarantine, when folks are whining about being under ho......more