Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Atkins, Laura

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

Winner, Carter G. Woodson Book Award * Winner, New-York Historical Society Children's Book Prize * Winner, Social...
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Author: Laura Atkins
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Atkins, Laura

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

$53.99 $30.00

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

$53.99 $30.00
Author: Laura Atkins
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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

Now in paperback: The award-winning story of Fred Korematsu's fight for justice, acclaimed by School Library Journal as "an invaluable profile of a civil rights hero."

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 was attacked by 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.

The first book in Heyday's Fighting for Justice series and now in paperback, 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.



Author: Laura Atkins,Stan Yogi
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: 09/23/2025
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781597146890
Audience: 08 - 14

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 197339 / Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

About the Author

Laura Atkins is an author, teacher, and children's book editor with over thirty years of editorial experience. Her other books include Biddy Mason Speaks Up, Sled Dog Dachshund, and Calling All Future Voters! She is based in Berkeley. Find out more at lauraatkins.com.

Stan Yogi is coauthor of the history Wherever There's a Fight and editor of the literary anthology Highway 99. He managed development programs for the ACLU of Northern California for fourteen years. He lives in Los Angeles.

Yutaka Houlette is a web developer and illustrator based in Oakland.


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