Farewell to Manzanar

What is it about sad stories that seem to pull me to them? I just finished Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, and let me tell you, THAT was one sad story! It's the true story of the over 10,000 Japaneses folks who were put in a detention camp in 1942, how Jeanne's family dealt with it and how some of them didn't - couldn't. Jeanne was 7 when her family was uprooted and sent to Manzanar internment camp. They survived, but it sure wasn't easy, and so many sad things happened to them, it just broke my heart. You'll love it, you'll hate it, but you'll be glad you read it!