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Under one flag : a year at Rohwer -
by Liz Parkhurst ; illustrated by Tom Clifton.
Little Rock, Ark. : August House LittleFolk, 2005.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Annotations:
- Based on a true story, Jeff, the son of an administrator at the War Relocation Center in Rohwer, Arkansas, befriends George, a young Japanese American who is forced to live in the camp with his family after his father is accused of being a spy.
Best Books:
- Best Children's Books of the Year, 2005 ; Bank Street College of Education; United States
Horn Book Guide:
- Fall 2005 Picture Books Rating 5, Marginal, seriously flawed, but with some redeeming quality.
Reading Measurement Programs:
Accelerated Reader
Interest Level Lower Grade
Book Level 4.5
Accelerated Reader Points 0.5
Reviews:
- Hazel Rochman (Booklist, May 15, 2005 (Vol. 101, No. 18))
Like Ken Mochizuki's Baseball Saved Us (1993) and other books about Japanese American internment, this picture-book story relates the history from a child's viewpoint. Here the setting is the War Relocation Center in Rohwer, Arkansas, and the narrator is a white local kid, Jeff, whose dad is a camp administrator. Jeff makes friends with George, a Japanese American boy forcibly held in the camp with his mother and sister while his father is imprisoned as a suspected spy. The lengthy text describes the mischievous bond between the boys, and expressive, full-page colored woodcuts show the fun they have with baseball, Boy Scouts, school, and their families on Thanksgiving. The pictures are full of smiling faces, but the darkness is always there: the barbed wire, the watchtower, the separation. An afterword cites research on social injustice during World War II and raises continuing questions about citizens who are viewed as enemies. Category: Books for Middle Readers--Fiction. 2005, August House/LittleFolk, $16.95. Gr. 3-5.Horn Book (The Horn Book Guide, Fall 2005)
This story is set during World War II in a Japanese-American internment camp in the Arkansas Delta. The long text reads more like a catalog of activities than a compelling story, and the art does little to create empathy for the prisoners. A portion of the book's proceeds goes toward maintenance of the cemetery at Rohwer. A historical note is included. Category: Picture Books. 2005, August, 32pp, 16.95. Ages 4 to 9. Rating: 5: Marginal, seriously flawed, but with some redeeming quality. Subjects:
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Fiction.
Friendship Fiction.
Race relations Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--United States Fiction.
Arkansas--History--1933-1945 Fiction.
Reproduction Number:
- 1241971 QBI
| Language | Call Number | LCCN | Dewey Decimal | ISBN/ISSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English (eng) | PZ7.P23913 Un 2005 |
2004046444 |
[Fic] |
0874837596 (alk. paper) 9780874837599 (alk. paper) |