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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
A lovely, topical tale especially good for those who are curious about history, but struggle to connect with dry historical tales. Hughes does a lovely job imparting humanity onto the historical characters in the story. It's also lovely to see a historical tale with casual queerness.
A classic of middle school class reading, Janet Yolen's "The Devil's Arithmetic" tells a story of the Holocaust by sending a modern child back in time to witness and experience her own family's treatment in a concentration camp, thus bringing history into a modern perspective. "Displacement" is a similar treatment of the Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII—but with a more advanced, updated story and a graphic novel format with beautiful drawings. I hope it's also widely adopted for classroom reading!
Another Japanese Internment Camp History book. I like how this story is semi-fictional based off of the author's real family. I also like the fact that she could time travel with her mom.
An extremely extremely extremely powerful story. Do yourself a favor and get educated on incarceration camps by reading this and getting a glimpse of the generational trauma that is, unfortunately, pervasive in American families.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this amazing book!
WOW. WOW. WOW. I heard about this book from a debut YA authors panel at BookCon, and it sounded amazing just from hearing the author describe it, but it is EVEN BETTER than it sounds! I don't even really have the words to describe how wonderful this book is. The artwork is beautiful and evocative, and the storyline is compelling and deeply important. It has some echoes of Octavia Butler's Kindred, since both Kindred and Displacement feature someone being pulled back in time to a time that was particularly tough for their ancestors. In Displacement, Kiku is pulled back in time to the time that her grandmother was in the Japanese internment camps, and Kiku is embarrassed to realize that she doesn't know much about her own family's history. I think this is an extremely relatable feeling, and I think her journey towards discovering what her grandmother's family went through is one that will inspire readers to take their own journeys into their families' pasts. The themes in the book are both timely and timeless, and while this book is aimed at a YA audience, I think adults should definitely read it as well, since there is much for people of all ages to learn from it. Definitely definitely recommend!
WOW. WOW. WOW. I heard about this book from a debut YA authors panel at BookCon, and it sounded amazing just from hearing the author describe it, but it is EVEN BETTER than it sounds! I don't even really have the words to describe how wonderful this book is. The artwork is beautiful and evocative, and the storyline is compelling and deeply important. It has some echoes of Octavia Butler's Kindred, since both Kindred and Displacement feature someone being pulled back in time to a time that was particularly tough for their ancestors. In Displacement, Kiku is pulled back in time to the time that her grandmother was in the Japanese internment camps, and Kiku is embarrassed to realize that she doesn't know much about her own family's history. I think this is an extremely relatable feeling, and I think her journey towards discovering what her grandmother's family went through is one that will inspire readers to take their own journeys into their families' pasts. The themes in the book are both timely and timeless, and while this book is aimed at a YA audience, I think adults should definitely read it as well, since there is much for people of all ages to learn from it. Definitely definitely recommend!
It’s less of a novel, more of a personal essay in whimsical graphic novel form. Would be a great entry point for teens to learn about history, though I can’t imagine anyone reading for the story alone.
A very honest, heartfelt, and personal look at internment. They way fiction and nonfiction were blended helped to craft a reading experience that invited the reader to think about how the experience of internment impacted individuals and generation one far beyond the closing of the camps. The book also had a list of resources at the end so readers could further their education if they wished.
La persécution d'un groupe de personnes marginalisées ne constitue jamais un acte de violence isolé : il condamne les générations futures à vivre avec les conséquences de celle-ci. [...] La mémoire est une force.
In this graphic novel, Kiku is transported back in time to the same internment camp her grandmother’s family was imprisoned in during WWII, and she quickly realizes how little she knows about her own family’s painful history. Extremely important book, much needed today more than ever. Ages 12 and up.