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ka_schulze's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia
theverycraftyvegan's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
fast-paced
5.0
A very good graphic novel about the racial injustice Japanese-Canadians we’re forced to suffer through in the 1940s. I’ve passed it on to my grade 5 kid to read. I hope they enjoy it and that it opens their eyes to one part of Canada's long and dark history.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Abandonment, Bullying, and Xenophobia
Moderate: War
lilybear3's review
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
This book is informative on the Japanese Internment camps. I didn't know that there were also camps in Canada. I also appreciated learning about the Asahi baseball team.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
daycia's review
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Confinement
kindredbooks's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
4.5
I received a gifted copy of Stealing Home by J. Torres and David Namisato from Kids Can Press in exchange for an honest review.
I did not learn about the WWII Japanese internment camps in the US and Canada until well into my high school years. There were not a lot of literature - fiction or otherwise - that brought this part of history to my attention. In the past few years, I have noticed an increase in stories that focus on what happened to thousands of Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians during WWII. Stealing Home is the first middle grade graphic novel that I have read that tells the story of a young Japanese Canadian boy during these times. It was a simple yet effective read that will allow middle grade readers to learn about this part of Canadian history and to empathize with Sandy as he and his family lose their rights, their belongings and their homes. It will allow for discussion into this injustice at home that was happening to the Japanese Canadians.
I did not learn about the WWII Japanese internment camps in the US and Canada until well into my high school years. There were not a lot of literature - fiction or otherwise - that brought this part of history to my attention. In the past few years, I have noticed an increase in stories that focus on what happened to thousands of Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians during WWII. Stealing Home is the first middle grade graphic novel that I have read that tells the story of a young Japanese Canadian boy during these times. It was a simple yet effective read that will allow middle grade readers to learn about this part of Canadian history and to empathize with Sandy as he and his family lose their rights, their belongings and their homes. It will allow for discussion into this injustice at home that was happening to the Japanese Canadians.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement and Racism
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