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Children of Manzanar tells the experiences of children and adults held at Manzarar during World War II. The U.S government forced over 10,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans to move to a desolate land. Shows photos of the people and quotes from them. A lot of people said the most hurtful and hardest thing for them was to leave family and memorable things behind. Such as photos and things from people 's childhood all gone that didn 't mean anything to them yet they took. I found it interesting how pretty normal lives they lived though went to school, played, worked but all behind barbed wire. Feedback Personally I love this book. Heather C. Did a great job writing this because it really is a touching sad story on what these innocent people

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