A Child in Prison Camp

This book won the best illustrated book for children from the Canadian Library Association. It's about a family of persons of Japanese ancestry in Canada that end up being interned during World War II.

Canada did the same type of thing that the US did, and that is move any persons of Japanese ancestry from their west coastal areas to internment camps, simply because they were persons of Japanese ancestry.

The story is based on the actual experiences of the author, and what happens is basically the same types of things that happened to US internees; being moved from their own homes and businesses; being housed in bad conditions; being hated by nearby towns-people, etc.

The book also has a number of pieces of artwork to illustrate it.

It's an extremely good book, very readable, and from a child's point-of-view. One of the few things I've found dealing with Canadian experiences of internment.

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