num_pages: 131
description: A Japanese-American family return to their ordinary life after being relocated during World War II. After their release from an American concentration camp, a Japanese-American girl and her family try to reconstruct their lives amidst strong anti-Japanese feelings which breed fear, distrust, and violence.Uchida is the author of the critically acclaimed Japanese-American tales The Best Bad Thing and The Happiest Ending. 10 illustrations.
language: English
title: Journey Home
titlecomplete: Journey Home
genres: Fiction, Historical, Juvenile, Japan, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Read For School, Childrens, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 384
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate
publisher: Aladdin