Displacement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250193537)

A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japanese internment camps in Displacement, a historical graphic novel from Kiku Hughes.

Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II.

These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself "stuck" back in time. Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. She witnesses the lives of Japanese-Americans who were denied their civil liberties and suffered greatly, but managed to cultivate community and commit acts of resistance in order to survive.

Kiku Hughes weaves a riveting, bittersweet tale that highlights the intergenerational impact and power of memory.

Author: Kiku Hughes
ISBN-10: 1250193532
ISBN-13: 9781250193537
Publisher: First Second
Language: English
Published: 08/18/2020
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 512189 / Displacement

Award: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2020
School Library Journal 07/01/2020 pg. 71
Publishers Weekly 07/06/2020
Booklist 07/01/2020 pg. 47
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2020 pg. 92
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average