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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
Kiku Hughes is on a trip to San Fransico with her mother when she is displaced through time to the 1940s, when her grandmother was forced to live in the Japanese internment camps. Kiku is displaced twice more, and each time she follows her grandmother and deals with the atrocities of the internment camps...while also meeting incredibly resilient people. When Kiku is finally transported back home, she and her mother (who also was displaced to experience her mother's time in the internment camps) connect over their experience, learn more about their past, and vow to stand up for others.
Absolutely stunning. Readers learn so much about the Japanese internment camps along with Kiku...and the connections to the events in 2016 are deftly handled. It is political, but rightly so. There were inklings of community/historical trauma, and it was refreshing to see Kiku's mother respond so encouragingly to Kiku's requests to learn more about her family and start to heal some of their pain.
Absolutely stunning. Readers learn so much about the Japanese internment camps along with Kiku...and the connections to the events in 2016 are deftly handled. It is political, but rightly so. There were inklings of community/historical trauma, and it was refreshing to see Kiku's mother respond so encouragingly to Kiku's requests to learn more about her family and start to heal some of their pain.
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A timely story about intergeneration trauma, family memory, and the importance of turning our own experiences into a fight for those who come after us. I also really appreciated the exploration of knowing you do not know much about your own culture heritage and asking hard questions about your own families past.
As a half Japanese Canadian who has family in the Canadian internment camps, I really related to this graphic novel. My family doesn’t talk about the camps and I don’t speak Japanese to ask them about it. So much of my own knowledge of the internment camps comes from books I’ve read. This one was great. Thank you Kiku, this was exactly the book I needed to read.
3.5 stars. I liked the beginning a lot and the premise of "displacement" was really an apt metaphor for how people probably felt when they were relocated. I don't think that the book eventually came together for a strong finish though - the ending seemed more of an info dump, and I think there was more room to tell the story through the displacements instead. Nonetheless, a good addition to any collection on books about the camps.
Part memoir, part history, and part imagination, this graphic novel is a timely glimpse into the lives in the internment camp that her grandmother experienced.
Kiku never really knew much about grandmother, who passed when her mother was in college. In a trip to the West Coast, her mother wants to search for places her mother had lived. During this search Kiku is bored, until a gust of dusty wind transports her back in time to the same same internment camp where her Ernestine, her grandmother was held.
Told in parts, this graphic novel has so much substance and highlights the importance of memories, so we don’t repeat the mistakes of our past.
Kiku never really knew much about grandmother, who passed when her mother was in college. In a trip to the West Coast, her mother wants to search for places her mother had lived. During this search Kiku is bored, until a gust of dusty wind transports her back in time to the same same internment camp where her Ernestine, her grandmother was held.
Told in parts, this graphic novel has so much substance and highlights the importance of memories, so we don’t repeat the mistakes of our past.
Wow. Just wow. This read was absolutely beautiful and it made me cry more than a few times. I honestly don't know what else to say but to find this book at a bookstore, library, anything, and read it. It's an informative read about what happened in Japanese internment camps, the power of memories, and generational trauma. It hit me so hard when Kiku, a very relatable protagonist with a beautiful voice, returned to the present and would watch on TV what was happening with Trump.
READ THIS BOOK AAA!!! The art is so amazing and the info is slowly presented in just... A beautiful way. I don't know any other words but beautiful so GO READ IT!!!
READ THIS BOOK AAA!!! The art is so amazing and the info is slowly presented in just... A beautiful way. I don't know any other words but beautiful so GO READ IT!!!
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Before this book I was ignorant on the Japanese incarceration camps on American citizens during world war two. An important educational message on the power of history in creating change and the continuation of racist policies
“The persecution of a marginalised group of people is never just one act of violence its a condemnation of generations to come who live with ongoing circumstances”
“The persecution of a marginalised group of people is never just one act of violence its a condemnation of generations to come who live with ongoing circumstances”