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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Great entry point to Japanese internment camps for preteen/early teens
This impactful graphic novel focuses on the comparison between Japanese Internment and the Trump Era foreign policies. Using autobiographical details, Kiki Hughes tells the story of her grandmother’s experiences during WW2 and her personal experience with balancing her Japanese ethnicity and her American identity, as she time travels back to the 1940s. The story is deeply emotional and highly relevant, even with Trump out of office, as comparisons to Japanese internment continue to be lightly thrown about and there are still injustices along the southern border.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Started May 20th 2021 and Finished May 21st 2021
the time travel/displacement aspect was such a creative way to show how a family’s history and trauma resonates to this day
4.5 stars rounded down for now
"Being from the future meant very little when my education on the past was so limited."
"Being from the future meant very little when my education on the past was so limited."