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They Called Us Enemy - Expanded Edition

Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

4.54 AVERAGE

faeriviera's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

savannah_witte's review against another edition

4.5

emotional fast-paced

mogojojo1013's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

tracithomas's review against another edition

3.0

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I liked this book in theory and especially for younger readers who don't know a ton about the internment camps. I do think that it felt choppy in spots and glossed over a lot of the history/politics of the moment. I wanted more in some places. 

thevivifriend's review against another edition

5.0

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I didn’t know the that people of Japanese descent were put in camps in USA after Pearl Harbour. Once again surprised by how much of history remains unknown and how much worse things are than what we are usually told. Greatful I got to learn and that this book exists! 
It is a graphic novel so it reads easily. It is very sad bud deeply relevant as camps like these still exist for people deported, refugees or everyone considered “illegal”.
I also never watched Star trek so didn’t know who George Takei was but now I am more interested in it. Also surprised he is gay and it was lovely to see his husband also making an appearance in the book.

dreaming_of_limes's review against another edition

5.0

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leahbr97's review against another edition

3.5

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librarycobwebs's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

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Incredibly moving depiction of the complex relationship that Japanese Americans have with the United States. The ease with which this country turned on its own citizens echoes down to today

andromedafalls's review against another edition

5.0

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One Sentence Review: I said this last year and I'll say it again - we REALLY don't talk about the Japanese Internment camps enough and it shows.

brizreader's review against another edition

4.0

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A moving graphic novel memoir by George Takei about his childhood in the WW2 Japanese internment camps. This is an under-studied and shameful part of recent American history - I only learned about it as an adult, despite my liberal education! - and so it was educational, fascinating, depressing *and* uplifting. I loved learning more about the Japanese American community in LA; I even loved hearing Takei's very quick overview of how that kid became Sulu on Star Trek. Really good.