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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
I thoroughly enjoyed this graphic novel.
I learned so much and can’t wait to further educate myself on this topic!
I learned so much and can’t wait to further educate myself on this topic!
So beautiful and so good. I want more graphic novels by Hughes.
time travel, japanese american history, friendship and a lil love all in a beautiful graphic novel? What’s not to like ☺️
I really enjoyed the unique time travel and education on the incarceration camp experience of Japanese-Americans in the early 1940s. It’s such a devastating topic.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, War
We need more books like this. Ones that connect us to our shared history. A history we need to know about, learn from, and acknowledge. A beautiful and important book.
4.5 stars - I’m grateful this book allowed me to learn more about the Japanese incarceration camps that took place in the 1940s.
Seeing the events unfold as if you’re experiencing them yourself is such a powerful way of illustrating generational trauma. Each page had beautiful graphics and I really enjoyed learning through Hughes’s blend of history and fiction.
Also, pretty haunting how the political underpinning in the states when this was written is still applicable even now.
Seeing the events unfold as if you’re experiencing them yourself is such a powerful way of illustrating generational trauma. Each page had beautiful graphics and I really enjoyed learning through Hughes’s blend of history and fiction.
Also, pretty haunting how the political underpinning in the states when this was written is still applicable even now.
Fortement inspirée (de façon assumée) par Kindred/Liens de sang d’Octavia Butler, cette bande-dessinée traite avec franchise et intimisme les dégâts liés au racisme anti nippons aux états-unis lors de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, de ses camps d’internements, du vide laissé par la perte d’une langue et d’une culture pour s’intégrer... autant que la xénophobie d’aujourd’hui. Une lecture que je recommande, grandement.
16 year old Kiku keeps traveling back in time, seemingly randomly, to the Japanese internment camp where her grandma and her parents were taken.
Similar to They Called Us Enemy, this should be required reading for all Americans too. I loved the history and the parallels Kiku draws with our current situation (as of 2016/2017). I also love Kiku’s discussion of how she delved into the history and the people she learned about.
Seemed kind of weird to not mention They Called Us Enemy in the “Further Reading” section tho.
Similar to They Called Us Enemy, this should be required reading for all Americans too. I loved the history and the parallels Kiku draws with our current situation (as of 2016/2017). I also love Kiku’s discussion of how she delved into the history and the people she learned about.
Seemed kind of weird to not mention They Called Us Enemy in the “Further Reading” section tho.
a beautifully written story about an ugly tragedy. i’m so thankful the author created this graphic novel because like she says in the book, memories are important and talking about the past accurately is important! maybe now more than ever we need to be discussing the past and how it affects the present so that we can create a better future.
the author telling the story by having the MC (herself) be transported to the past really allowed her to have a wide scope of what the camps were like in tandem with her grandmother’s specific experience. Hughes told not only her family’s story but the story of the community as a whole. i loved that so many people who resisted racial discrimination and the LGBTQ+ community were featured in the story! i liked how Hughes not only connects the camps to current mistreatment of immigrants but also to the racist treatment of Black Americans by explaining the “model minority” and how it was weaponized against Black people.
this was a really educational story that makes you rethink what we’re taught in school!
the author telling the story by having the MC (herself) be transported to the past really allowed her to have a wide scope of what the camps were like in tandem with her grandmother’s specific experience. Hughes told not only her family’s story but the story of the community as a whole. i loved that so many people who resisted racial discrimination and the LGBTQ+ community were featured in the story! i liked how Hughes not only connects the camps to current mistreatment of immigrants but also to the racist treatment of Black Americans by explaining the “model minority” and how it was weaponized against Black people.
this was a really educational story that makes you rethink what we’re taught in school!