We Are Not Free

This novel tells the story of fourteen Japanese Americans and their experiences during World War II. It offers deep insight into the historical events with compelling accuracy, including visual elements such as news articles and photos that help add perspective to the complexity of the detainees’ experiences of incarceration at the detention centres they were sent to, simply for being Japanese. Suitable for senior-level students, this book’s themes of historical injustices, perseverance, human migration, and adversity may be explored in classroom literature circles. Teachers may select excerpts or focus on one of the particular perspectives to study the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II.