Barbed Wire Between Us
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Barbed Wire Between Us is a powerful reverso poem that tells two deeply resonant stories across time. It begins with a Japanese American girl sent to an internment camp in Oklahoma during World War II. Read in reverse, it reveals the journey of a Latina girl detained in the very same camp decades later, during the U.S. policy of migrant family separation.
Culture/Community: Japanese / Japanese American
Heritage & History: Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage and History, Hispanic Heritage and History
Themes for Children: Civil Rights, Immigration, When Things Are Hard
Audiobook: No
Age Level: 6-9