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'''''The Moved-Outers''''' is a children's novel by [[Florence Crannell Means]]. First published in 1945, it was a [[Newbery Medal|Newbery Honor]] recipient in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web
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'''''The Moved-Outers''''' is a 1945 children's novel written by [[Florence Crannell Means]] and illustrated by Helen Blair. The book received a [[Newbery Medal|Newbery Honor]]<ref>{{Cite web
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</ref> and the [[Bank Street College of Education|Bank Street]] Children's Book Award (now called the [[Josette Frank Award]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hare |first=Peter |title=Past Winners |url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/past-winners/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=Bank Street College of Education |language=en-US}}</ref> in 1946.
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The theme of the novel is the [[Japanese-American internment|treatment of Japanese Americans]] on the West Coast during [[World War II]]. The story centers on Sumiko (Sue) Ohara, a high school senior from [[Rancho Cordova, California|Cordova, California]]. It describes the internment of herself, her brother Kim, and her mother in [[Granada War Relocation Center|Amache, Colorado]], while her father is sent to [[North Dakota]]. While she is there she falls in love with a neighbor from Cordova, Jiro Ito. The novel ends in 1943, with the war still in progress, as Jiro and Kim join the army, and Sue and Jiro's sister go to college.<ref>''The Newbery Companion'' by John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, Libraries Unlimited, 2001, p. 140-1</ref>
The theme of the novel is the [[Japanese-American internment|treatment of Japanese Americans]] on the West Coast during [[World War II]]. The story centers on Sumiko (Sue) Ohara, a high school senior from [[Rancho Cordova, California|Cordova, California]]. It describes the internment of herself, her brother Kim, and her mother in [[Granada War Relocation Center|Amache, Colorado]], while her father is sent to [[North Dakota]]. During her stay there, she falls in love with a neighbor from Cordova, Jiro Ito. The novel ends in 1943, with the war still in progress, as Jiro and Kim join the army, and Sue and Jiro's sister go to college.<ref>''The Newbery Companion'' by John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, Libraries Unlimited, 2001, p. 140-1</ref> The book stresses the patriotism of the ordinary Japanese American.


<blockquote>"We're really the newest pioneers," Sue said in a hushed voice. "We, the evacuees, the moved-outers. We're American patriots, loving our country with our hearts broken. And those who must can be pioneers behind barbed wire, but those who can must go out and pioneer in the wide world." <ref>''The Moved-Outers'', Walker, 1993 edition, p.149</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>"We're really the newest pioneers," Sue said in a hushed voice. "We, the evacuees, the moved-outers. We're American patriots, loving our country with our hearts broken. And those who must can be pioneers behind barbed wire, but those who can must go out and pioneer in the wide world."<ref>''The Moved-Outers'', Walker, 1993 edition, p.149</ref></blockquote>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| title=The Moved-Outers | publisher =Houghton Mifflin| year= 1945 }}; reprint Walker, 1993, ISBN 9780802773869
*{{cite book| title=The Moved-Outers | publisher =Houghton Mifflin| year= 1945 }}; reprint Walker, 1993, {{ISBN|978-0-8027-7386-9}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
Brian Niiya, [http://encyclopedia.densho.org/The%20Moved-Outers%20%28book%29/ ''The Moved-Outers''] ''Densho Encyclopedia''

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Latest revision as of 21:04, 2 November 2024

First edition (publ. Houghton Mifflin)

The Moved-Outers is a 1945 children's novel written by Florence Crannell Means and illustrated by Helen Blair. The book received a Newbery Honor[1] and the Bank Street Children's Book Award (now called the Josette Frank Award)[2] in 1946.

The theme of the novel is the treatment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast during World War II. The story centers on Sumiko (Sue) Ohara, a high school senior from Cordova, California. It describes the internment of herself, her brother Kim, and her mother in Amache, Colorado, while her father is sent to North Dakota. During her stay there, she falls in love with a neighbor from Cordova, Jiro Ito. The novel ends in 1943, with the war still in progress, as Jiro and Kim join the army, and Sue and Jiro's sister go to college.[3] The book stresses the patriotism of the ordinary Japanese American.

"We're really the newest pioneers," Sue said in a hushed voice. "We, the evacuees, the moved-outers. We're American patriots, loving our country with our hearts broken. And those who must can be pioneers behind barbed wire, but those who can must go out and pioneer in the wide world."[4]

Bibliography

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  • The Moved-Outers. Houghton Mifflin. 1945.; reprint Walker, 1993, ISBN 978-0-8027-7386-9

References

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  1. ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  2. ^ Hare, Peter. "Past Winners". Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ^ The Newbery Companion by John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, Libraries Unlimited, 2001, p. 140-1
  4. ^ The Moved-Outers, Walker, 1993 edition, p.149
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