My Jacaranda Tree

And Letters from America's Internment Camps in World War II
By Reiko Odate Matsumoto
My Jacaranda Tree is a fictional memoir of the experiences of the author who was twelve years old at the time she and her family were interned from Hawaii during World War II.  The main character, a young girl named Naomi, describes her life with letters to her friends and family.  A vivid personalized account from which young people can learn about the internment experiences of Japanese Americans.