Journey Home tells the story of Yuki, a young girl whose Japanese ancestry forced her and her family into an internment camp during World War II. Journey Home depicts the feelings and hardships faced by Yuki and her family as they are permitted to return home to California from internment. The bombing of Pearl Harbor caused many Americans to fear and distrust the Japanese Americans living among them. Yuki is scared and saddened by this fact. She feels unwelcomed at the place she once called home and unwanted by even her friends.
Although Yoshiko Uchida was a second generation Japanese American, she lived in America during World War II. Like many Japanese Americans at this time, the bombing of Pearl Harbor forced Japanese Americans into internment camps. Uchida taught school in the internment camps for three years until she was released to attend graduate school. Uchida based many of her writing on her own experiences.
Other books by Yoshiko Uchida include:
- New Friends for Susan
- The Magic Listening Cap: More Folk Tales from Japan
- The Promised Year
- Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese American Evacuation
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