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Loading... Baseball saved us (edition 1993)by Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
Work InformationBaseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
   No current Talk conversations about this book.  Jennamh8 | Mar 2, 2024 |   sloth852 | Jan 2, 2024 | Story deals with tough topic of Japanese internment camps in America in the 1940s. Parents should be prepared to answer questions that may arise during reading. MamaBearLendingDen | Nov 26, 2023 | bklver | Jul 27, 2023 |  ) rebecamp | Jul 7, 2023 |
 Grade 1-4–During World War II the author's parents were sent to an internment camp in Idaho. That family history led to this poignant story about a young Japanese-American boy in an internment camp and the baseball diamond that gave the internees a purpose in life and a way of passing the time. The young boy's triumph in a game played while in captivity helps him when he returns home and continues his baseball career. The baseball heading over the fence on the last page tugs at the heart of readers as it symbolizes freedom lost, and regained. Author Ken Mochizuki reads his award-winning book (Lee & Low, 1993). There is some soft background music, and a few gentle sound effects, but the power of the words need little embellishment. Young students will be made aware of the overt racism Japanese-Americans faced during this period of history. This treasure of a book is well-treated in this format. AwardsNotable Lists
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over. No library descriptions found. 
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2.This book goes through a first hand experience of what it was like to live interment camp. They would play baseball all the time. Then he went back to where he lived before the interment camp. Then he plays really well but gets called mean things when he is up to bat or playing baseball in general.
3.I would recommend this book to middle level elementary classrooms. I think that it is quite heavy for a young elementary student but very informational for a middle level student in terms of culture.