We Are Not Free

I loved this! Chee does such a good job of capturing all the many emotions that could come from Japanese incarceration: anger, fear, resentment, hopelessness, and more. The strength of the book is the many different characters and their experiences of being removed from their homes. The sense of friendship and brotherhood all throughout the book is wonderful with Twitchy, Mas, Minnow, and Frankie's sections being standouts.

My slight quibble is that there are a LOT of characters and I sometimes had trouble keeping track between names and nicknames. But I will guess that's probably just me and highly recommend this to anyone who likes historical fiction, multiple POVs, books about social (in)justice and lesser-known WW2 stories - like that of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.