The Moved-Outers

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The Moved-Outers
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First edition
Author Florence Crannell Means
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's literature / historical fiction
Publication date
 February 28, 1945
Publication placeUnited States

The Moved-Outers is a 1945 children's novel written by Florence Crannell Means and illustrated by Helen Blair. The novel is set on the West Coast during World War II and tracks the lives of a Japanese family during their internment. The story centers on Sumiko (Sue) Ohara, a high school senior from Rancho Cordova, California, her brother Kim, her mother, and their lives while imprisoned in the Granada War Relocation Center; Sue's father is sent to Fort Lincoln Internment Camp. During her imprisonment, she falls in love with a neighbor from her hometown, Jiro Ito. The novel ends in 1943, with the war still ongoing, as Jiro and Kim join the army, and Sue and Jiro's sister attend college. [1]

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Reception

The book received a Newbery Honor [2] and the Children's Book Award [3] in 1946. The Rocky Mountain News called it "the most intelligent and effective bit of writing on the Japanese American evacuation", [4] and Parents' Magazine had high praise for the book:

It is a fine young thing for young people to have this book which tells simply and without sentimentality the dreary tale of the evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans to camps behind barbed wire. [5]

Brian Niiya, The Moved-Outers Densho Encyclopedia

References

  1. ↑ Gillespie, John T.; Naden, Corinne J., eds. (2006). The Newbery/Printz Companion: Book Talk and Related Materials (3rd ed.). Libraries Unlimited. ISBN   1-59158-313-6.
  2. ↑ "Association for Library Service to Children - Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books, 1922 – Present" (PDF). ALA.org. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ Hare, Peter. "Past Winners". Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  4. ↑ Beshoar, Barron B. (March 27, 1945). "A Novel of the Evacuation". Rocky Mountain News.
  5. ↑ Dalgliesh, A. (May 1945). "The Moved-Outers". Parents' Magazine. 20: 156. Retrieved December 19, 2025.


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