Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family | 
pickA great book for those who want to understand how the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII affected families in the Pacific Northwest. I grew up in Oregon, but of course never learned in school about the racist policies my state considered and/or implemented against Japanese Americans. Admittedly a little dry in parts, this meticulous family history is an important record of the harm caused by state sponsored racism. Please read!