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Then the order excluding japanese from the west coast is rescinded, and they head for. A japaneseamerican family return to their ordinary life after being r. Buy a cheap copy of journey home book by yoshiko uchida. Yuki and her japaneseamerican family are forced from their home in california and imprisoned in a us concentration camp called topaz. Journey home by yoshiko uchida overdrive rakuten overdrive. Then the order excluding japanese from the west coast is rescinded, and they head for berkeleywhere nothing is quite the same. Yuki and yukis friend emi just think thy are ordinary and happy girls,im sad to say thats not true,every hour it seems like bad luck that has to do with,death,fires,broken bones,and war. The book journey home by yoshiko uchida truly reflects the gowvernment and american society during world war 2. The author is a japanese american who has written an historical fictional account of a japanese american familys life during and world war ii. Journey to topaz 1971 took twelveyearold yuki sakane to a ww ii concentration camp in the utah desert. Novel for young adults about a japanese american family leaving the concentration camps and eventually returning to their home by prolific author yoshiko uchida, written as a sequel her 1971 book journey to topaz. Novel for young adults about a japanese american family leaving the. After their release from an american concentration camp, a japaneseamerican girl and her family try to reconstruct their lives amidst strong antijapanese feelings which breed fear, distrust, and violence.