num_pages: 32
description: Based upon the diary of a third-grade class of Japanese-American children being held with their families in an internment camp during World War II, The Children of Topaz gives a detailed portrait of daily life in the camps where Japanese-Americans were taken during the war. There are many primary source documents including the children's drawings, maps of the camp, and photographs depicting the harsh, wartime attitudes toward these families.
language: English
title: Children of Topaz
titlecomplete: Children of Topaz
genres: History, World War II, War, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 89
publisher: Holiday House