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An autobiography written by Yoshiko Uchida, a Nisei (second generation Japanese American) living in Berkeley who was sent to an internment camp during World War II, The Invisible Thread recounts the author and her family's struggles because of their ethnicity. The book highlights the daily life of a Japanese American child imprisoned in a concentration camp, the discrimination she and her family faced because of their race, and how the Americans treated them as if they were the former's enemies in the war. As World War II came to an end, Yoshiko was able to escape the internment camp. The Invisible Thread is a nonfictional account of how World War II led to the displacement of families and the annihilation of Japanese American children's dreams.

Yoshiko Uchida writes an autobiographical account of her experiences in America before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The reader gets a glimpse of America's treatment of and discrimination toward Japanese American families as they are forced to relocate to internment camps during World War II. Many Japanese families who have immigrated to the United States have made an idyllic life in California. Like others at the same time, Uchida's family are trying to balance their heritage and traditions with Western culture. Uchida and her family have their lives uprooted and taken away from them once they are deemed and treated like the enemy of the US. They are relocated between camps until ending up in Topaz, Utah. As the turmoil of World War II is nearing an end, Uchida is able to leave the internment camp with her sister to continue her education at Smith College in Massachusetts. The novel ends with the reunification of Uchida and her parents as they piece back together their lives. Uchida's reflection on her cultural identity and unconstitutional treatment provides an important history lesson on the US government's imprisonment of Japanese Americans.

An Invisible Thread by Yoshiko Uchida is an account of the contempt Japanese Americans faced during the Second World War. While viewing the narrative through the eyes of a young girl, it provides deep insight into the level of ill-treatment that was meted against the Japanese Americans during the war.
Yoshiko is of Japanese descent but she is raised in California. After many years of living in the United States, she considers herself an American and even harbours the dreams of living her American dream by becoming a teacher. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese and an eventual declaration of war by the US on Japan shutters her world. Everyone of Japanese descent is viewed as an enemy thus they are captured and sent to incarceration centres. Yoshiko manages to escape from the internment towards the end of the war. She survives to tell her story.

The Invisible Thread, by Yoshiko Uchida, is inspired by the author’s experiences in an internment camp during World War II. The story is told from the perspective of a young girl. She provides an in-depth account of the discrimination against Japanese people during the war.
Yoshiko is a Japanese American who was raised in Berkeley, California, and wants to become a teacher when she grows up. She considers herself American until the United States declares war on Japan in reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The attack leads to the victimization and capture of Japanese Americans. People of Japanese descent who reside in Berkeley are taken to internment camps because of their ethnicity. Yoshiko manages to run away from the camp as the war comes to an end.