•  Uchida’s Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family (1982) tells of the real experiences of her own family during World War II. In this book, Uchida covers the history of her family before and during the war, including her family’s confinement in the Topaz internment camp in central Utah.

•  Joy Kogawa’s Obasan (1994) relates the story of a Japanese-American woman named Naomi who decides to explore her past, which forces her to confront how her mother disappeared from her life when she was just a little girl. Naomi grew up in Canada, which also interned Japanese immigrants during World War II.

•  Hisaye Yamamoto’s short story collection Seventeen Syllables (revised edition, 2001) tells about growing up as a Japanese American. Her stories explore the acculturation...