![]() ![]() ![]() The one time she visited Santa Anita, she brought even more books. She began writing the kids, sending them boxes of books and more postcards. Soon, the postcards Miss Breed had give out began to arrive at the library from Arcadia, California. Later, seeing the children she knew from the library off at the train station, Miss Breed gave out books and stamped postcards for the kids to write and let her know how and where they are and if they needed anything. Grady begins with the sad moment when young Katherine Tasaki has to return her books and relinquish her library card. ![]() Write to Me is the story of one San Diego librarian, Clara Breed, who saw the injustice of incarcerating innocent people and whole families and tried to make it somewhat bearable for her young library patrons. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, an order that authorized the internment of over 100,000 Japanese American citizens, including men, women, and children, as well as any resident aliens from Japan. ![]() After the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into WWII, this country, the country that was fighting for freedom and democracy aboard, did a terrible thing to some of its citizens. ![]()
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