Winner, Carter G. Woodson Book Award
Winner, New-York Historical Society Children's Book Prize
Winner, Social Justice Literature Award
Honor Title, Jane Addams Children's Book Award
Finalist, 2017 Cybils Awards
Nominee, Georgia Children's Book Award
Nominee, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
Nominee, South Carolina Junior Book Award
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year
An Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California
Outstanding Title
Fred Korematsu liked listening to music on the radio, playing tennis,
and hanging around with his friends--just like lots of other Americans.
But everything changed when the United States went to war with Japan in
1941 and the government forced all people of Japanese ancestry to leave
their homes on the West Coast and move to distant prison camps. This
included Fred, whose parents had immigrated to the United States from
Japan many years before. But Fred refused to go. He knew that what the
government was doing was unfair. And when he got put in jail for
resisting, he knew he couldn't give up.
Inspired by the award-winning book for adults Wherever There's a
Fight, the Fighting for Justice series introduces young readers to
real-life heroes and heroines of social progress. The story of Fred
Korematsu's fight against discrimination explores the life of one
courageous person who made the United States a fairer place for all
Americans, and it encourages all of us to speak up for justice.