The Moved-Outers
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 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.