Little is known about the incarceration camps in history due to shame and guilt.

Part fiction part autobiography, through gorgeous illustration and smooth color pallete, this graphic novel centers around Japanese and Japanese Americans who were incarcerated by US Government in incarceration camps during WWII. In current days, Kiku experiences the effects of Trump-era America. While visiting San Francisco with her mother, Kiku is 'displaced' in time to witness her grandmother Ernestina's experiences in WWII. even if it was a couple of months late :) I also really liked the way that the whole 'taking-a-stand-in-the-face-of-modern-injustices' angle towards the end of the book.ĭefinitely a must-read for anyone who wants to learn, historical fiction that it is.Ī big thank you to my local library for providing me with an ARC. The art was just detailed enough to do its job. I really liked the concept and execution of this book - it gives a lot of information without seeming overly info-dump-y. When she's transported back to modern times, after living in the internment camp for a year, she's more aware of the prejudices so prevalent in today's society, recognizing that history is on the brink of being repeated. She isn't in touch with her Japanese culture, and hasn't learned much about this event in school either, considering that a lot of the information has only been declassified recently. Kiku is taken back in time, living through her grandmother's memories of the American Internment camps.

I've never made a conscious effort to really learn about this event, the way I have with other events (especially in this period of time), and it's imperative that this cycle be changed. And while I blame the education system here as always, I blame myself, too. While I know that it happened, I don't know to what degree, or what actually happened. As someone who lives in America, I'm embarrassed to say that this is one of those topics that I don't know all that much about.

Displacement by kiku hughes