Displacement
Written by Kiku Hughes
Illustrated by Kiku Hughes
Published by First Second
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.
Primary ISBN: 9781250193544
Publication Date: August 2020
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Graphic Novel, Age 12 or older
Community Represented: Japanese/Japanese American
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 3rd, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
Setting: United States (San Francisco, CA) (Seattle, WA) (Tanforan Assembly Center, CA) (Relocation Center, UT)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 3rd Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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