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GRAPH N TAK
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Top Shelf Productions (2019), Edition: First Edition, 208 pages
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"A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten 'relocation centers', hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do?"--… (more)
User reviews
LibraryThing member villemezbrown
Timely due to our current crisis in immigrant detention, this book is good for you and well done too. Having read Takei's To the Stars and seen the musical "Allegiance," I had a familiarity with some of the material, but I appreciate Takei using this opportunity to get into the details of his
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family's experience during the Japanese-American Internment during World War II. It's outrageous that these events occurred in the land of the free and that it took decades for apologies and restitution to be made and honor restored. Show Less
LibraryThing member arosoff
This was beautifully done. It tells both Takei's personal story of the camps and also a lot of the context surrounding them--I was ashamed of how little I knew of the story. The graphic format really packs an emotional punch.
LibraryThing member bell7
This graphic novel memoir of Takei's memories spending a couple of years in internment camps during World War 2 hardly needs introduction, as it's had a lot of press and several people here on LT singing it's praises. Well, I'll add my voice to that. The story is, I think, surprisingly complex.
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This are his childhood memories, and he admits at one point that as horrible as some of these memories are, he actually has a memory of joyfulness in some of it too. And yet, some of what happens is terrible and traumatic. Not only that, but he explores remembered conversations between him and his dad about the internment camps and the importance of being involved in government, with a complicated but mostly optimistic view of the American government. Readers can see how much that time in the internment camp affected Takei and the way in which it's impacted his attitudes and political involvement. A challenging read, and I highly recommend it. Show Less
LibraryThing member MontzaleeW
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei is a graphic art novel that really gets into so much about life in the Japanese internment. He goes into good detail from start to finish about where they went and how, what it looked like, what live was like, other people there, guards, transfers, laws, and so
The art work is very good but black and white. Wonderful addition to the story.
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much more! It really filled in blanks!The art work is very good but black and white. Wonderful addition to the story.
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LibraryThing member lindamamak
Told by the author and his life as he rembers during the Japanese Internment camps
LibraryThing member Lisa2013
Extremely well done! I loved it. Full 5 star book!
I already knew most of what was described as happening in the wider world and in the camps in general because I’ve already read so many books, seen films, seen interviews with people who were there.
It was the first I’d heard of the involvement
While I did already know a lot about what happened to those of Japanese ancestry and in the camps, I liked reading this personal story of George Takei as a young boy and of his parents and brother and sister. I’d actually heard him speak of this, but it was great reading a book with a more in depth account than what I’d already heard. I’ve always liked him. I first saw him on the original Start Trek tv show when I was 13 (I watched that first Star Trek show as regularly as I could) to his guest spot on The Big Bang Theory (I wish there had been more) and I always enjoy watching him being interviewed and I admire him as a person. He’s an effective activist for human rights causes.
The black and white and gray/brown tones illustrations do a great job of showing people’s facial expressions and depicting the story that’s told. They’re a bit too cartoonish for my personal taste but I enjoyed them in this book. I love the image that’s faded out that pairs with George saying he didn’t remember something, in this case their last Christmas at Tule Lake with his father already gone. There are only two color illustrations and they’re on the front and back covers.
My library has this shelved in their teen section so I did put it on my young adult shelf. Adult readers who normally don’t read young adult books should not let that label (or the fact that it’s a graphic book) put them off. This is just as much of a book for adult readers and many older preteen children will also enjoy it.
Sometimes I feel as though I can’t get enough of these stories. Every person’s story/family’s story is important and should be known. Kudos to the three authors and the one illustrator who created this book and especially to George Takei for sharing his story.
I love musicals. How could I never have heard of either Fly Blackbird! Or Allegiance?! I guess I have been out of the loop re musicals/plays for a long, long time.
I appreciated how times and several things post WWII are covered, including our recent immigration crisis and how people who seem to some like “others” are still being ill-treated. This is a perfect book for this time in our history.
I got a kick out of his interview audition for the show Star Trek. It really was a great show, and ahead of its time.
It was interesting to see George’s feelings about his father and his relationship with his father from the time he was a young boy until after his father’s death, and this account is a loving tribute to his father.
Heartbreaking and heartwarming and with important things to say about how we all view and treat one another, as well as a compelling memoir.
I already knew most of what was described as happening in the wider world and in the camps in general because I’ve already read so many books, seen films, seen interviews with people who were there.
It was the first I’d heard of the involvement
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of Vroman’s Book Store (still in business in the Los Angeles area) and Herbert Nicholson, a Quaker missionary, who delivered book to several of the camps. What a great man! Heartening to know how many people opposed the internment of Japanese Americans (my parent included) but even better to know of people who tried to make things better in various ways.While I did already know a lot about what happened to those of Japanese ancestry and in the camps, I liked reading this personal story of George Takei as a young boy and of his parents and brother and sister. I’d actually heard him speak of this, but it was great reading a book with a more in depth account than what I’d already heard. I’ve always liked him. I first saw him on the original Start Trek tv show when I was 13 (I watched that first Star Trek show as regularly as I could) to his guest spot on The Big Bang Theory (I wish there had been more) and I always enjoy watching him being interviewed and I admire him as a person. He’s an effective activist for human rights causes.
The black and white and gray/brown tones illustrations do a great job of showing people’s facial expressions and depicting the story that’s told. They’re a bit too cartoonish for my personal taste but I enjoyed them in this book. I love the image that’s faded out that pairs with George saying he didn’t remember something, in this case their last Christmas at Tule Lake with his father already gone. There are only two color illustrations and they’re on the front and back covers.
My library has this shelved in their teen section so I did put it on my young adult shelf. Adult readers who normally don’t read young adult books should not let that label (or the fact that it’s a graphic book) put them off. This is just as much of a book for adult readers and many older preteen children will also enjoy it.
Sometimes I feel as though I can’t get enough of these stories. Every person’s story/family’s story is important and should be known. Kudos to the three authors and the one illustrator who created this book and especially to George Takei for sharing his story.
I love musicals. How could I never have heard of either Fly Blackbird! Or Allegiance?! I guess I have been out of the loop re musicals/plays for a long, long time.
I appreciated how times and several things post WWII are covered, including our recent immigration crisis and how people who seem to some like “others” are still being ill-treated. This is a perfect book for this time in our history.
I got a kick out of his interview audition for the show Star Trek. It really was a great show, and ahead of its time.
It was interesting to see George’s feelings about his father and his relationship with his father from the time he was a young boy until after his father’s death, and this account is a loving tribute to his father.
Heartbreaking and heartwarming and with important things to say about how we all view and treat one another, as well as a compelling memoir.
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LibraryThing member chrisblocker
I'm curious why an autobiographical graphic novel needs three authors. Even if George Takei isn't the best writer—which I find a little doubtful—why does this story need two additional authors? It's not that complex. This isn't meant to be a critique of this novel, I'm just curious...
Anyway,
The illustrations are ideal for the telling. They're not overly ornate, but still carry some lovely detail. And the choice to tell the story in black-and-white frames was perfect.
This is a great addition to the story of Japanese internment, as well as an important biography of an integral part of the Star Trek universe, but its tame approach to the subject does present a much more neutral view than I think many with first-hand experience may have felt. They Called Us Enemy is a great introduction to this chapter of history, but it lacks the depth and clear indictment necessary to tell the full story.
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They Called Us Enemy is a great recounting of Takei's experience as a child being relocated to concentration camps during World War II. It gives a very full picture of the events, locally and globally, that affected the Takei family. I think this book could've done better to show the experiences of other Japanese families who were not as fortunate as the Takeis—they remain together throughout the detainment, George's father is given a position of authority in the camp and the family is granted leave, and they reintegrate better than many—but perhaps a broader view of the average Japanese American was not the intention. Also, I thought the “isn't America great” rally as a conclusion only watered down the message of American oppression.The illustrations are ideal for the telling. They're not overly ornate, but still carry some lovely detail. And the choice to tell the story in black-and-white frames was perfect.
This is a great addition to the story of Japanese internment, as well as an important biography of an integral part of the Star Trek universe, but its tame approach to the subject does present a much more neutral view than I think many with first-hand experience may have felt. They Called Us Enemy is a great introduction to this chapter of history, but it lacks the depth and clear indictment necessary to tell the full story.
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LibraryThing member streamsong
You probably know George Takei from his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek series. You may know him as a LGBTQ and civil rights activist. But I didn’t know that, as a child, he had been interned, along with his family, at the easternmost Japanese internment camp, Rohwer Camp in
He was only four when his family was removed from their home in California and incarcerated. Like many kids of that age, as long as he was with his family, it seemed like an adventure – even in their first home in the horse stalls at the Santa Anita racetrack.
This graphic novel includes his experiences as a child and his deeper knowledge of events as an adult, including the despair and humiliations his parents endured. It ends talking about the kids incarcerated at the US border.
I learned so much from it. It’s deeply relevant today. I would love to see copies in American junior high and highschool classrooms as kids today so need to know this chapter of American history.
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Arkansas.He was only four when his family was removed from their home in California and incarcerated. Like many kids of that age, as long as he was with his family, it seemed like an adventure – even in their first home in the horse stalls at the Santa Anita racetrack.
This graphic novel includes his experiences as a child and his deeper knowledge of events as an adult, including the despair and humiliations his parents endured. It ends talking about the kids incarcerated at the US border.
I learned so much from it. It’s deeply relevant today. I would love to see copies in American junior high and highschool classrooms as kids today so need to know this chapter of American history.
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LibraryThing member Carmenere
George Takei of Star Trek fame relates the little known story of Japanese internment camps established not long after the events of Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II.
US citizen or not, every Japanese man, woman and child was taken from their homes and transported to
What makes this Graphic Novel even more compelling is the fact Mr. Takei was sent to camps accompanied by his parents, brother and sister. The illustrations, done in black and white, offer the perfect backdrop to Takei's words.
US history is not always pretty, sometimes even ugly but Takei reminds us that those who don't know history are bound to repeat it.
US citizen or not, every Japanese man, woman and child was taken from their homes and transported to
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makeshift camps.What makes this Graphic Novel even more compelling is the fact Mr. Takei was sent to camps accompanied by his parents, brother and sister. The illustrations, done in black and white, offer the perfect backdrop to Takei's words.
US history is not always pretty, sometimes even ugly but Takei reminds us that those who don't know history are bound to repeat it.
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LibraryThing member Zcorbain
Powerful. An unvarnished view of a terrible time in American history. But it continues to give hope that Democracy eventually wins when its highest ideals are upheld and fulfilled. A refreshing view of reality in a time when history is being whitewashed.
LibraryThing member DarthDeverell
In George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy, Takei – along with Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker – retell Takei’s experiences as a young boy growing up in a Japanese internment camp during World War II after Executive Order 9066 authorized the military to exclude people from the
Takei previously discussed portions of this story in his 1994 memoir, To the Stars, and he has since given public talks at TED conventions and detailed his experiences in his musical, Allegiance. Here, he and his co-writers and artists draw upon all of that history to engage with this complicated material in a manner that will educate readers of all backgrounds in an accessible format. Takei engages with the ways people struggled for dignity, like his mother, who brought a sewing machine with her even though it was not allowed. He writes, “I realize now that besides comforting us… perhaps everything she did was also her own statement of defiance” (pg. 71, ellipses in original). She was able to defy the dehumanizing conditions and make them slightly more livable through her actions.
Takei was a young boy during internment and he writes, “I had to learn about the internment from my father, during our after-dinner conversations. That remains part of the problem – that we don’t know the unpleasant aspects of American history… and therefore we don’t learn the lesson those chapters have to teach us” (pg. 174). He first began to learn about the significance of internment during the 1960s, when he was becoming politically active, and he struggled to understand the mindset of both those who supported internment in the 1940s and the Japanese-Americans, feeling they should have protested like activists were doing in the 1960s. Takei’s father tried to explain to him some of the contradictions of time time to help him understand that there was no simple answer once the government had stripped Japanese-Americans of their legal rights. Describing FDR, Takei’s father said, “Roosevelt pulled us out of the Depression, and he did great things… but he was also a fallible human being… and he made a disastrous mistake that affected us calamitously” (pg. 196, ellipses in original). In engaging with this complicated narrative, Takei helps readers to understand how precious civil liberties are and how they must be protected.
Takei points out the dangers of forgetting this history, as the U.S. government currently imprisons Latin-American immigrants and asylum-seekers in similar conditions to those Japanese-Americans faced during internment (pg. 197). Further, while the U.S. Supreme Court recently repudiated the 1944 Korematsu decision that upheld the legality of internment, it did so as part of Trump v. Hawaii, which upheld the legality of a ban on immigration from majority-Muslim countries (pg. 200). Readers will find this an informative and cautionary book that bridges history and current events.
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West Coast. Though the order never explicitly stated it, military and civilian authorities understood that it served to classify Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans as enemy aliens.Takei previously discussed portions of this story in his 1994 memoir, To the Stars, and he has since given public talks at TED conventions and detailed his experiences in his musical, Allegiance. Here, he and his co-writers and artists draw upon all of that history to engage with this complicated material in a manner that will educate readers of all backgrounds in an accessible format. Takei engages with the ways people struggled for dignity, like his mother, who brought a sewing machine with her even though it was not allowed. He writes, “I realize now that besides comforting us… perhaps everything she did was also her own statement of defiance” (pg. 71, ellipses in original). She was able to defy the dehumanizing conditions and make them slightly more livable through her actions.
Takei was a young boy during internment and he writes, “I had to learn about the internment from my father, during our after-dinner conversations. That remains part of the problem – that we don’t know the unpleasant aspects of American history… and therefore we don’t learn the lesson those chapters have to teach us” (pg. 174). He first began to learn about the significance of internment during the 1960s, when he was becoming politically active, and he struggled to understand the mindset of both those who supported internment in the 1940s and the Japanese-Americans, feeling they should have protested like activists were doing in the 1960s. Takei’s father tried to explain to him some of the contradictions of time time to help him understand that there was no simple answer once the government had stripped Japanese-Americans of their legal rights. Describing FDR, Takei’s father said, “Roosevelt pulled us out of the Depression, and he did great things… but he was also a fallible human being… and he made a disastrous mistake that affected us calamitously” (pg. 196, ellipses in original). In engaging with this complicated narrative, Takei helps readers to understand how precious civil liberties are and how they must be protected.
Takei points out the dangers of forgetting this history, as the U.S. government currently imprisons Latin-American immigrants and asylum-seekers in similar conditions to those Japanese-Americans faced during internment (pg. 197). Further, while the U.S. Supreme Court recently repudiated the 1944 Korematsu decision that upheld the legality of internment, it did so as part of Trump v. Hawaii, which upheld the legality of a ban on immigration from majority-Muslim countries (pg. 200). Readers will find this an informative and cautionary book that bridges history and current events.
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LibraryThing member MaowangVater
Actor and activist George Takei recounts his childhood experience with his family as a prisoner in two American concentration camps set up to hold Japanese Americans citizens during the Second World War II. His memoirs have been crafted into a graphic novel script with co-authors Eisinger and
Takei ends the book with the events of his adult life as a politician and actor, highlighting the federal government’s gradual recognition of civil rights for all its citizens, but also warns in captions in a panel dated June 2018 depicting immigrants or asylum seekers in a cage that, “…old outrages have begun to resurface with brutal results.”
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Scott. These memories are illustrated in smooth rounded lines shaded in appropriately somber grey tones by Becker. Takei tells of the fear and disruption of the relocation, and how as a young boy it could sometimes feel like an exciting adventure. As a teen he came to more fully feel the injustice of a fearful populace and its government that arbitrarily imprisoned its own citizens based solely on their ethnicity, depriving them of liberty without due process of law. Takei ends the book with the events of his adult life as a politician and actor, highlighting the federal government’s gradual recognition of civil rights for all its citizens, but also warns in captions in a panel dated June 2018 depicting immigrants or asylum seekers in a cage that, “…old outrages have begun to resurface with brutal results.”
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LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
One of the best ways to learn about history is by reading a first person account. Another good way is to read a biography. So an autobiography, therefore, would be a good choice if you wanted to learn about a particular stretch of time. Or so goes my opinion. Now if you had asked my opinion on what
They Called Us Enemy is a graphic novel telling George Takei's experiences of being interned during the war. In it he not only details his childhood thoughts and feelings of the time, but also the thoughts and feelings of his family and neighbors that he didn't understand at the time. He also mentions some of his post-war experiences and the scars the internment left on his family. The delightful artwork of Harmony Becker adds to the storytelling, conveying the emotions of the tale to a deeper extent than simple text could do.
So now what book would I recommend to someone looking to learn about the Japanese Internement? Well, I'd honestly recommend both. If you limited me to one, I suppose I'd lean toward this one, and hope it would influence you to read the other.
--J.
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you should read to learn about the Japanese Internement during World War II, I would have immediately recommended Nisei Daughter by Monica Sone. Well, until I read this book. Now I'd have to think a moment first.They Called Us Enemy is a graphic novel telling George Takei's experiences of being interned during the war. In it he not only details his childhood thoughts and feelings of the time, but also the thoughts and feelings of his family and neighbors that he didn't understand at the time. He also mentions some of his post-war experiences and the scars the internment left on his family. The delightful artwork of Harmony Becker adds to the storytelling, conveying the emotions of the tale to a deeper extent than simple text could do.
So now what book would I recommend to someone looking to learn about the Japanese Internement? Well, I'd honestly recommend both. If you limited me to one, I suppose I'd lean toward this one, and hope it would influence you to read the other.
--J.
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LibraryThing member Linyarai
This was very insightful and very depressing. I liked the light way he wrote about everything, while being honest and direct. The comparison at the end between how people were treated then and how many are being treated now needs to be talked about more.
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
The author recounts his family’s experience in the Japanese internment camps during WW2, first being sent to Rowher and then Tule Lake. On one hand, it was all a great adventure for George and his younger brother. Only as an adult did he realize for his parents that it was “an anxiety-ridden
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voyage into a fearful unknown.” Effectively conveys the stresses everyone was under, the ironies of the loyalty questionnaire, the tension of not knowing what was to come next or where they would end up, the indignities suffered (keeping the train window shades down so the town wouldn’t see them, sleeping in horse stalls, the loyalty questionnaire). A bittersweet work, leavening the serious with the naivete of a child which only further highlights how outrageous the internment was. Show Less
LibraryThing member JesseTheK
Beautiful art. Explores the texture, emotions,, and development of young kid in concentration camp. Full of hope for American possibility.
LibraryThing member amandanan
Such a moving piece of art. Gets you right in the feels.
LibraryThing member lflareads
George Takei's memoir in graphic novel format is absolutely a must read! A fellow teacher recommended I read this and I am so glad I did. I will add this memoir as an option for my 7th grade literature circle reads.
It is amazing to me the way anyone of Japanese descent were forced into internment
George grew up behind the barbed wire, watched his father and mother struggle for the family, and observed more than he ever should have as a child. As an adult, George took a stand for his people and against the disgrace they suffered, he found his acting career, and a better life in the place that should have never been anything but home for himself and his family.
I highly recommend They Called Us Enemy, as we need to think of others and unite rather than divide. "...old outrages have begun to resurface..." (197)-scary to think injustices like this would ever happen in a place we call home.
It is amazing to me the way anyone of Japanese descent were forced into internment
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camps, which essentially was incarceration, even though they were American citizens. As a child, George and his family were moved from their home to a horse stall, small quarters, and then the camps lined with barbed wire. They were tagged like cattle on their way to the camps and treated unfairly. George grew up behind the barbed wire, watched his father and mother struggle for the family, and observed more than he ever should have as a child. As an adult, George took a stand for his people and against the disgrace they suffered, he found his acting career, and a better life in the place that should have never been anything but home for himself and his family.
I highly recommend They Called Us Enemy, as we need to think of others and unite rather than divide. "...old outrages have begun to resurface..." (197)-scary to think injustices like this would ever happen in a place we call home.
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LibraryThing member taralentz
George Takei's tale of being in an American concentration camp during WW II where over 120,000 Japanese-Americans were inturned. The Japanese-Americans had to sell everything they owned for next to nothing, could only take what they could carry, and slept in horse stalls when told. They had to wear
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tags with their name on them at all times, and when he returned to Los Angels his family had to live on the street. Show Less
LibraryThing member MickyFine
George Takei's graphic memoir of the years he spent as a child living in a Japanese internment camp during WWII and the ramifications those years had on his life and those of his parents. Takei's memories are beautifully told in this format and while naturally the memories of childhood can be
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disjointed, the authors turn Takei's memories into a smooth narrative. The artwork by Harmony Becker is beautiful with it's black and white drawings, which are beautiful and evocative. Recommended. Show Less
LibraryThing member out-and-about
Read for bookriot 2020 #readharder challenge #4, graphic memoir.
Amazing story told as a graphic novel of George Takei’s childhood in the Japanese internment camps of WWII, and the lasting impact it had on him. Highly recommended for all ages. I don’t understand why books like this aren’t on
Amazing story told as a graphic novel of George Takei’s childhood in the Japanese internment camps of WWII, and the lasting impact it had on him. Highly recommended for all ages. I don’t understand why books like this aren’t on
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curriculums. Maybe they are now but had history been this alive when I was in school, I’d have been excited instead of bored by it all. Show Less
LibraryThing member lavaturtle
Takei tells us, in his own words, about growing up in an internment camp and how that shaped his life. Rather than dwelling on horror and trauma, he shows us the many ways that people around him chose to deal with the situation. It's interesting to read his take on FDR's complicated legacy, as the
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man who implemented so many progressive policies but also displaced and imprisoned an entire ethnic group. This is an important piece of history to remember today. Show Less
LibraryThing member LisaMorr
This graphic novel by George Takei describes what it was like to be interred as a Japanese-American in two different camps in the US in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. Great images and words.
LibraryThing member readingbeader
Gives an important face to the tragedy that is our history of internment camps.
LibraryThing member SqueakyChu
I finished this graphic novel in one day. It was so captivating that I could not put it down.
I had been vaguely familiar with the "internment" (imprisonment) of Japanese Americans during World War II in the United States, but this graphic novel educated me to a much higher level on that issue.
This is a very disturbing book, although it does hold out hope for American democracy and principled individuals. It is a remarkable story which I highly recommend that everyone read.
I had been vaguely familiar with the "internment" (imprisonment) of Japanese Americans during World War II in the United States, but this graphic novel educated me to a much higher level on that issue.
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Many times I was brought to tears by what I viewed happening in this book. I was particularly interested in how some politicians of that time (the 1940s) used racial identity as an issue for political gain. I also was appreciative of the fact that George Takei did not neglect to mention how events of his youth are being paralleled in this decade. This is a very disturbing book, although it does hold out hope for American democracy and principled individuals. It is a remarkable story which I highly recommend that everyone read.
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Awards
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 6-8 — 2021)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2021)
Eisner Award (Nominee — 2020)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2021)
Ohioana Book Award (Finalist — Middle Grade & Young Adult Literature — 2020)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2021)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2021)
Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2021)
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Winner — Young Adult — 2020)
Blue Hen Book Award (Nominee — 2021)
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2022)
Land Of Enchantment Book Award (Winner — 2022)
The Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2021)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2023)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2021)
Evergreen Teen Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2022)
Lectio Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Honor Book — 2021)
Excelsior Award (Shortlist — 2020)
Three Stars Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2021)
VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award (Winner — Youth — 2019)
North Star YA Award (Nominee — 2021)
NPR: Books We Love (2019)
CCBC Choices (2020)
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Selection — 2021)
Notable Children's Book (Older Readers — 2020)
Nerdy Book Award (Graphic Novels — 2019)
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Graphic Novels — 2019)
Penn GSE's Best Books for Young Readers (Selection — 2019)
Idaho Battle of the Books (2022)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Top Ten — 2020)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults (Selection — 2019)
Just One More Page Recommendation List (Young Adult — 2020)
Project LIT Book Selection (Middle Grade — 2021)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List (Grades 9-12 — 2020)
OYAN Graphic Rave (Middle Grade — 2020)
Pages
208
ISBN
1603094504 / 9781603094504
Lexile
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