Sylvia and Aki
Sylvia and Aki
About this book
At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL16295914W
Subjects
Race relationsSegregation in educationEvacuation and relocation, 1942-1945FictionMexican AmericansJapanese AmericansPoston Relocation Center (Ariz.)Farm lifeHistoryJuvenile fiction