![]() Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. ![]() These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself "stuck" back in time. 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. Publisher's Synopsis: 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. Review Source: Bank Street College of Education Genres: Asian American, Graphic Novels and Comics ![]() Published by First Second on August 18, 2020 The fact that this story takes place in present day and highlights issues that are being faced today, makes this story even more relevant and necessary for everyone to read. This book inspired me to not only further explore my family’s history, but to also fight against the injustices of today’s world, so that others don’t have to suffer like my family had to. ![]()
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