Days of Infamy by Lawrence Goldstone - OPTIONAL

Days of Infamy: how a century of bigotry led to Japanese American internment by Lawrence Goldstone, 288 pages. NON-FICTION. Scholastic, 2022. $20

Language: G (0 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG (mentions prostitution); Violence: G

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS – OPTIONAL; ADULTS - ESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Before Executive Order 9066 sent thousands of Japanese American citizens to concentration camps, decades of white supremacy fueled the flames of racially based suspicion and hatred that allowed American citizens to be imprisoned without trials – based only on their ancestry.

Without using racially charged language and slurs, Goldstone peels back the layers of history that pre-date World War II. Unfortunately, this is a very detailed book that few students will pick up and read all of the way through. I will be buying this because my history teachers need to read this – so does anyone who touches upon the history of the Japanese in America, the Alien Sedition Acts, World War II.

Cindy Mitchell, Library Teacher, MLS