Over the last two years, I have read multiple books, both nonfiction and fiction, on Japanese Internment Camps during WWII.
It is part of WWII that not very many people know about or that not very many people like to admit happened.
Internment Camps in the U.S. during WWII are a sad part of the U.S.’s WWII history.
Historical fiction is a great way to learn about history through reading. Not everyone will pick up a nonfiction book about WWII, but a lot of people will pick up a historical fiction book about the war.
In February of 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order, and many Japanese Americans lost their possessions and were sent to Internment Camps across the U.S. The area most affected by this was the west coast because there was a high number of Japanese Americans on the West Coast.
If you like WWII historical fiction and would like to know more about the internment camps in the U.S. these fiction books about Japanese Internment Camps during WWII are a great place to start.
I hope reading a historical fiction book about Japanese Internment Camps during WWII will inspire you to pick up a nonfiction book about the same topic.
Books About Japanese Internment Camps During WWII
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The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner. An American-born German girl and an American-born Japanese girl become friends in an Internment Camp in Texas during WWII. Their lives are forever changed.
Red Sky Over Hawaii by Sara Ackerman. The main part of the book takes place in Hawaii during and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It involves life after Pearl Harbor and internment camps in Hawaii. Not only were Japanese people sent to internment camps but in some cases, so were those that had come from Germany.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. This is probably my favorite fiction book that I have read about Japanese Internment Camps during WWII. It is about love, family, loyalty, friendship, and more. It is a dual timeline story that takes place in Seattle, WA, during the 1940s and the 1980s.
This Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda. This book is considered YA historical fiction, but it is a book I think adults will enjoy too. I really enjoyed this one. Andrew Fukuda does an excellent job in combining two totally different parts of WWII history into one.
The Magic of Ordinary Days by Ann Howard Creel. I heard about The Magic of Ordinary Days by watching the movie. After watching the movie I realized that there was a book the movie was based on. The movie does a good job of following the book. The book does go into more detail. The lives of a farmer, a minister’s daughter, and a couple of prisoners at a Japanese internment camp meet, and their lives will never be the same.