The Bracelet
By: Yoshiko Uchida
Illustrations by: Joanna Yardley
The Bracelet is a touching and true story about a young Japanese-American whose family is sent to a prison camp by Americans in 1942. The story is delicately written in a way that it accurately describes the historical aspect of the event and the difficulty of the event without completely devastating the reader. This book was enjoyable because it gave a true depiction of what life would have been like for a young child that was having to move from her home to go to a prison camp with her family. The child, Emi, doesn't understand why her family has to go and is upset to leave her friend Laurie, and her childhood home. She shares her feelings and the experience with the audience, allowing the reader to understand how difficult this time in history must have been. Yoshika Uchida does an amazing job of sharing this interesting and gripping story with audiences of all ages. This book helps young readers understand a time in history that was much different from the society of today. While reading the book, I felt very sorry for Emi and her family. I can only imagine how hard it would be for a seven year old to understand why she was having to leave her best friend and the town she grew up in to go live in a dirty horse stable, all for no reason that she was aware of. This book was a great depiction of what Japanese-Americans went through during this time period.
According to the book jacket, Yoshiko Uchida has written several books with the same theme because of her own Japanese-American background. Like Emi, Yoshiko was sent to live in prison camps with her own family and that experience prompted her to write this story (Yoshiko and Yardley, 1993).
Other books by Yoshiko Uchida include:
- Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation
-Journey Home
-Picture Bride: A Novel
-Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family
-A Jar of Dreams
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