Farewell to Manzanar

Farewell to Manzanar is a book about a young girl, Jeanne, and her Japanese family that live in America during the second World War. Soon after the bombings of Pearl Harbor, Jeanne finds that she must grow up much quicker than she expected. When the family moves to hide in a new neighborhood, she faces prejudice and has difficulty making any friends in school. When her father is taken from the her by the FBI, with little explanation for his capture and no information about where they are taking him and for how long, she must hold together, especially as her mother grows older and weaker. When she moves to the camp, the family is forced to live in small cold huts, under poor conditions. However, she must make herself useful to help both repair the cabin, and to stay out of the way of her busy mother. She must not complain about the horrible food or the sand that often blows into her eyes at the camp. Jeanne must grow up.

This book has been very good and has been very informative so far. I honestly had no idea of how many thousands of people were crammed into these camps and how terrible and inhumane they truly were until reading this book. Anyone who likes Holocaust books like Night by Elie Wiesel, or anyone who enjoys history in general will like this book a great deal. However, even if you do not like either of these topics, I still strongly recommend this book because of the author's brilliant style of writing.