Books with title American Gods

Mary Tanaka is an average American girl until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Then overnight she becomes something terrible: She becomes Japanese.Suddenly, everyone hates her: Bricks thrown through her father's store windows, signs saying No Japs. Even her boyfriend turns against her.And when the American government decides that every Japanese within a hundred miles of the west coast of America should be taken miles inland, Mary's life explodes. Her father is arrested and her mother falls apart.Mary has to find a way to survive in the camps, balancing her needs against the rigid Japanese traditions of caring for her family. She has to learn to live and love again in a constantly changing world. A world where she is the enemy...

What state’s official cookie is the chocolate chip cookie? What state hosts the International Rotten Sneaker Contest? Which state is it illegal to enter with a chicken on your head? To find the answers to these questions and hundreds more, just hitch a ride with the fabulous Farley family--Mom, Dad, Freddie, Fran, and Fido--as they travel state to state and discover far-out festivals, kooky contests, ludicrous laws, peculiar people, and oodles of oddities across America. So fasten your seat belt and get ready to go, go through fifty states of fun! Snappy, often humorous facts fill each page along with Yaccarino’s bold, colorful, quirky illustrations. Also included are maps and cleverly designed backmatter with information every kid needs: state mottos, state flowers, state birds, state trees, state nicknames, etc. This is a rollicking road trip to be visited again and again by readers of all ages on the go, go. About the author: Dan's inspiration for this book came from the road trips he took with his own fabulous family as a kid. He says, "I spent a lot of time in the back seat of the family station wagon with my brother and sister as our family traveled the East coast on many road trips. I have amazing memories of touring Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, eating frogs' legs in Georgia, and watching gator wrestling in Florida." These days, Dan travels with his wife and two children to many of the very same destinations. He's even caught himself shouting, "Don't make me pull this car over!"