Displacement
Paperback – Illustrated, August 18, 2020
First Second · Paperback · August 18, 2020
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 perfect for fans of They Called Us Enemy and The Devil's Arithmetic.
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- Who it’s for
- A graphic-history read that folds cultural literacy into an easy, sustained comic flow.
- Genres
- YA Historical Comics, Time Travel Fiction, 20th-Century US YA
- Published
- First Second, August 18, 2020
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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 perfect for fans of They Called Us Enemy and The Devil's Arithmetic. Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself briefly displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II.
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Then, just as suddenly, she's back in her modern life. 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, inspirational tale that highlights the intergenerational impact and power of memory.
Graphic History
A graphic-history read that folds cultural literacy into an easy, sustained comic flow.
Come here for
- graphic-history framing
- YA comics with historical heft
Expect
- teen-centered perspective
- civil-rights context
Where it sits
| YA Historical Comics | 91% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century US YA | 40% |
| Time Travel Fiction | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Historical Comics
- Multigenerational YA Stories
- Time Travel Fiction
- Authors
- Kiku Hughes
- Publisher
- First Second
- Published
- August 18, 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Historical Comics