Displacement
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.
Culture/Community: Japanese / Japanese American
Heritage & History: Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage and History
Themes for Middle Grade/YA: Strong Girls and Women, Bicultural Kids, Coming of Age, Family and Friends, Identity, Immigration, Journeys, Displacement, Race, Racism, and Prejudice, Activism and Social Justice, Civil Rights, U.S. History
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Format: Graphic novel
Audiobook: No
Age Level: Middle Grade, Young Adult
Book Series: Award-Winning Books: 2021, Japanese-American Incarceration During World War II: Books for Kids and Young Adults
9781250193537