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internment noun apprehension, arrest, bondage, captivity, confinement, constraint, custody, detention, immuration, immurement, impoundment, imprisonment term, incarceration, preventive custody See also: apprehension, arrest, bondage, captivity, commitment, constraint, detention, durance, imprisonment, incarceration How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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; to the internment camp at Manzanar, where Japanese-Americans were held captive during World War II; and to the town of Allensworth, founded by African-Americans in the San Joaquin Valley. Life changes dramatically when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; first Sumiko's grandfather and uncle are arrested, and then the rest of the family ends up in an internment camp in Poston, Arizona. Instead, she discovers a lonely boy hiding from the threat of an internment camp, and must decide if he's really the enemy or a friend. |
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