Facebook Twitter Instagram

HMH

9780358131434

STARRED REVIEW
YA, YA Fiction

We Are Not Free

By Traci Chee

We Are Not Free is a superb addition to the works of literature that chronicle a shameful chapter of American history.

Find on WorldCat

Share this Article:

Review of ‘We Are Not Free’

“We’re already fighting a war out there. Why do we have to fight one in our own country too?” wonders Minoru “Minnow” Ito, a Japanese American teenager living in San Francisco during World War II. He’s one of the 14 characters whose story Traci Chee tells in We Are Not Free, a captivating portrait of…

Interview with Traci Chee

YA author Traci Chee shifts from the fantasy genre of her first three books to tell a historical fiction story in We Are Not Free, which follows 14 Japanese American teenagers during World War II. BookPage spoke to Chee about her personal connection to the story, how she managed her large cast of characters and what can be gained by a deeper understanding of history.

Sign Up

Stay on top of new releases: Sign up for our newsletter to receive reading recommendations in your favorite genres.

Sign up now