Gaijin: American Prisoner of War
- Annotation:
- After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, a thirteen-year-old California boy who is half Japanese and his white mother are sent to an internment camp. The story is based on the history of the author's great-aunt.
- Creator:
- Author - Matt Faulkner
- Publication Information:
- Disney * Hyperion, Los Angeles, 2014
- Color or Black & White:
- Genre:
- Historical Fiction
- Bibliography Available:
- Yes
- Original Language:
- English
- Historical Topic/Event:
- Japanese Americans--evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Geographic Setting:
- San Francisco--California
- Alameda Downs Assembly Center
- Date Range:
- 1941 - 1947
- Tags:
- San Francisco, Alameda Downs Assembly Center, Japanese American internment camps, racially mixed people, World War II, racism
- Notes:
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