Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment

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Summary: this book is great
Review: I thought that this novel was heart warming. I was amazed by the fact that all of this could happen in the United States. This is not what I had learned in school.

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Summary: This is a great book
Review: Even though the book was above my level, I enjoyed "Farwell to Manzanar" very much. I read it while I was in the eighth grade and I will definatly read it again, and again.

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Summary: Captivating
Review: Farewell To Manzanar was touching. Last year, as a sopomore in high school when I read it, I thought to myself, this was too easy for a English 10 Book, but as we delved into the depths of this book's meaning, I realised it held much more than met the eye. I would recomend this to anyone who would like to read about the other side of WWII.

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Summary: Lessons of history
Review: I read this book many years ago and I've never forgotten the impact it had on my life. It's a sensitive and startling portrayal of a young woman's life and the upheaval she and her family suffered. I was stunned to hear a coworker of mine from the Midwest admit that she didn't know the Japanese in America had been interned during WWII. It wasn't until she was 28 and had read Snow Falling on Cedars that she had any awareness at all of that tragic event. Books that enrich this generation about our shared past should be revived in the schoolroom.

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Summary: Boredom...
Review: is the best way to describe this book. It may depecit the reality of a part of the war many did not see, but it wasn't at all interesting. So if you wish to learn something about a different part of the war, then I recommend this book. But, if you wish to read for entertainment, I strongly recommend you steer clear of this *yawn* book.

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Summary: This slim book is wide in its content.
Review: I read this book in about six hours,and it was interesting to me because I love to learn about what happened in the past. The one thing that the book encourages you to do is learn even more about this awful episode in our nations history. You have to read another book on this subject, or read documents on the internet to fully understand what the book is about. It is very hard for an author describe in words the real struggles and hardships that thousands of her fellow "Americans" felt during those years. We as citizens need to learn the truth, and not rely on the media to spoon feed us information.

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Summary: This is a terrific book, very exciting to read.
Review: Mrs.Wakatsuki did an excellent job of writing this book. I'm glad that I got the chance to read this. I first read this when I started high school not to long ago,and I was absolutely captivated by this thrilling book. Keep up the good work!!!!

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Summary: Its a half and half
Review: I thought the book was good in the begining but then some where before section 2 around the interveiw it got real confusing. She skiped around and it got real confusing. My friend and i read it for a project,and she is a very good reader and she agread with me . So parts of it were good and parts not so good.

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Summary: Truthful and Heartwarming
Review: This book was a very historical event that a lot of teenagers have no idea about. Before this book I had no idea about Manzanar. The use of metaphors challenges the reader to think while reading. It's good book if your interested in history.

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Summary: A story about a Japanese family interned during World War II
Review: Farwell to Manzanar is a novel about a Japanese family living in the area called Terminal Island in Southern California. Pearl Harbor was just bombed and the government ordered anybody with a Japanese descent to be incarcerated. The book basically depicts what the experience was like being held prisoners at Manzanar. The author talks about the horrible living conditions that they all had to go through. The book also shows the readers how their life was after the internment. It basically focuses on the daughter who tells the story of her life going through this tragic experience. The story tells us about her middle school and high school years after the internment.