Life in Heart Mountain

Close Read Passage, 751 words, Descriptive (fiction), Level Z2 (Grade 6), Lexile 1030L

During World War II, Mei and her family are forcibly relocated to Heart Mountain, a Japanese American incarceration camp in Wyoming. From the camp, Mei writes letters to her best friend about her experience.

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