{"product_id":"enemy-child","title":"Enemy Child - The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II","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","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948190175520,"sku":"9780823450022","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780823450022.jpg?v=1763600051","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/enemy-child","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}