Literary illuminator Response #3

       Page #: 71
Simile,
"People flocked together on the street corners like pigeons."
 
         Page #: 72
Simile,
His words were like a fist to my chest.
 
         Page #: 87
Simile:
Its windows looked dull and empty, like the eyes of a dieing trout.

        Page #: 87
Luckily, Mom and Grandmother were as slender as the pickets of our fence.
  
         Page #: 73
Interesting phrase:
The click of glass sparked memories of dirt fields after a spring rain.
     
        Page #: 83
Interesting phrase:
"But this wave will wash over us, whether or not you choose to describe it."

        Page #: 74
Word:
Ouster
Definition: expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied.

5/9-5/16

         In this weeks section, the laws against the Japanese are getting worse. The laws progress to the point of Japanese getting deported to internment camps in Tule Lake Camp in California. They are givin rooms that are very small with bunk beds and thin wood walls surrounding them (hence the book title). Joe sees his friend Mae from school at the camp, she arrived a week earlier than Joe did, so she shows him around. She says they will start school very soon at the camp. Joe continues to write in his journal about the things happening at the camp and on his adventure. He also hasn't heard anything from his father recently and he hasn't joined them at camp because he is in an internmant camp in Montana.

Business's and Products:
FBI pg. 62, 63, and 64
Philco radio pg. 64
BB gun pg. 65
Telegraph pg. 65
American Star pg.74 (Can't find a picture)
Seattle Times pg.74
Boeing pg 87
Life Magazine pg.96
Look magazine pg. 96
Old Spice pg. 98 and 101
Captain Midnight pg. 99
Ovaltine pg. 99
Hershey bar pg. 101 and 102
The Mummy's Hand pg. 106

Hey!

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litery historn response #1

The bombing of pearl harbor started world war two, like the first world war Washington state built bomber planes and war machines to help with the war.

Character Response #1 5/4 - 5/9

Grandmother is emotionless and does not like to involve herself with what is going on around her.
Mother seems strong, but on the inside is very scared and wants to protect her kids.
Main character is very aware of what is going to happen to his family. He is frustrated with his so called friends because they are discriminating towards him because of what his country did.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

David Patneaude was born in St. Paul, Minnesota but has spent most of his life in Seattle, Washington. Friend’s and family told him about their internment during WWII inspired him to write this book. His other books are Epitaph Road, Thin Wood Walls, A Piece of the Sky, Deadly Drive, Colder Than Ice, The Last Man's Reward and more.

Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover

Thin Wood Walls was published in 2004.

On December 7 1941 the Japanese military bombed pearl harbor and the U. S. declared war on the Japanese people. and put the Japanese-Americans into internment camps until the war ended.
This book is based on this event.