This is a great book to use that overlaps in connection with Science and Social Studies.  When studying about plants in Science, this book can be used as a read aloud extension, and during Social Studies, students can learn about the geographic location of the African country of Eritrea, where the story takes place. 

      The students can also look up the websites that go with the book and write a report about what they learned from the sites as a Social Studies and Language Arts connection: http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/manzanar/default.htm and

  http://themanzanarproject.com