{"product_id":"journey-to-topaz-50th-anniversary-edition-9781597145589","title":"Journey to Topaz (50th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrating the 50th anniversary of a landmark work of juvenile fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A haunting reminder of how indignities and dignity can reside side by side.\" --\u003cb\u003eTerry Tempest Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis much-loved and widely read classic is the moving story of one girl's struggle to remain brave during the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1941, eleven-year-old Yuki is looking forward to Christmas when disaster strikes: she and her family, along with everyone of Japanese descent on the West Coast, are labeled enemy aliens. The FBI arrests her father, and she, her mother, and her brother are imprisoned in a bleak and dusty camp surrounded by barbed wire in the Utah desert. There, she and her family experience both true friendship and heart-wrenching tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJourney to Topaz\u003c\/i\u003e explores the consequences of prejudice and the capacities of the human spirit. First published in 1971, this novel was the first children's book about the wartime incarceration written by a Japanese American. This fiftieth anniversary edition features new cover art, a refreshed design, and a new foreword by Traci Chee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoshiko Uchida\u003c\/b\u003e (1921--1992) was born in Alameda, California, and grew up in Berkeley. She is the author of many books, including\u003ci\u003e Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Famil\u003c\/i\u003ey, \u003ci\u003eJourney to Topaz\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Samurai of Gold Hill\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTraci Chee\u003c\/b\u003e is a Japanese American author of young adult fiction. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eWe Are Not Free\u003c\/i\u003e, was a National Book Award Finalist, Printz Honor Book, and Walter Honor Book.\u003ci\u003e We Are Not Free\u003c\/i\u003e also received starred reviews from \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Heyday Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607961571602,"sku":"9781597145589","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2994f5bf-6bd8-433c-ae41-8bb4fd3b3ac9.jpg?v=1732316208","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/journey-to-topaz-50th-anniversary-edition-9781597145589","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}