num_pages: 288
description: A chronicle of the incredible correspondence between California librarian Clara Breed and young Japanese American internees during World War II.In the early 1940s, Clara Breed was the children's librarian at the San Diego Public Library. But she was also friend to dozens of Japanese American children and teens when war broke out in December of 1941. The story of what happened to these American citizens is movingly told through letters that her young friends wrote to Miss Breed during their internment. This remarkable librarian and humanitarian served as a lifeline to these imprisoned young people, and was brave enough to speak out against a shameful chapter in American history.
language: English
title: Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
titlecomplete: Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
characters: Clara Breed
genres: Historical, History, World War II, Juvenile, Japan, American History, War, Biography, Japanese Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 405
places: San Diego, California
publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction