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A review by lisa_m
Stealing Home by J. Torres
challenging
emotional
4.0
I really enjoy reading graphic novels lately and most of them fall in 2 categories.
Either they are simple reads for children, or funny/cute storys with pretty illustrations.
This book is special though. It deals with a tragic topic, war. Specifically the war between the USA and Japan after Pearl Harbor happened. It's all told from the perspective of child.
It's a heartwarming story about family and love and what's really important in life. Books about war always make me sad, because it's such a terrible thing to have to life through for everyone, but especially as a child. This graphic novel managed to find a good balance. It's not diminishing the trauma of such an experience, but it's also not exploiting it.
I enjoying reading it as much as you can when reading a story like this but it's definitely something I will continue to think about.
Either they are simple reads for children, or funny/cute storys with pretty illustrations.
This book is special though. It deals with a tragic topic, war. Specifically the war between the USA and Japan after Pearl Harbor happened. It's all told from the perspective of child.
It's a heartwarming story about family and love and what's really important in life. Books about war always make me sad, because it's such a terrible thing to have to life through for everyone, but especially as a child. This graphic novel managed to find a good balance. It's not diminishing the trauma of such an experience, but it's also not exploiting it.
I enjoying reading it as much as you can when reading a story like this but it's definitely something I will continue to think about.