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This is an excellent, horrible look at a tremendously ugly time in US history. Marrin addresses the history of white supremacy in the US and especially in my current home state. I can't figure out why my country can mobilize within months of the attack at Pearl Harbor to imprison more than 100,000 citizens in concentration camps but we can't seem to distribute vaccines or masks in a fair and coordinated manner. Definitely buying this book.

This book will definitely be in my classroom because it was allow the children to hear a personal nonfiction about young Japanese woman who faced hardships in the concentration camps and how she got to where she is today. This book will leave a powerful impact on the students.

Uprooted was written by Albert Marrin in 2016. This book was an indescribable biography written about the American Government taking innocent citizens and placing them into concentration camps based off of their ancestry. It describes the horror that the citizens went through and how they struggled to survive. This was a terrific story and I will definitely share this with my classroom.

#recentnonfictionread

This is one I'm still reading. It seems too relevant right now, which makes it feel hard and necessary.

There is so much fantastic nonfiction for youth out there.
#marchintoreading

We Americans of Japanese descent have not forgotten. Our country must see everyone on American soil as fully human—and better together. #NoBanNoWall

We finally finished opening our gifts last night. Mr. Z worked through the holidays so we never had a specific time to celebrate. Instead we opened gifts over about a week and enjoyed the anticipation of the surprises. He spoiled me on the book front!

Still not sure if I will keep Uprooted or exchange (I wanted the one by Naomi Novik 😆but he was excited to buy me more history books so it might stay).