Farewell to Manzanar Author:Jeanner Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp--with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy Scouts, sock hops, baton twirling lessons and a dance band called the Jive Bo... more »mbers who would play any popular song except the nation's #1 hit: "Don't Fence Me In."« less