Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in WWII-era Japanese internment camps. No one wanted to talk about it or the consequences/mark it has left on the country. The story of Japanese Americans who were put into camps during WWII is one that until recent history is one that was meant to be forgotten. Kiku Hughes weaves a riveting, bittersweet tale that highlights the intergenerational impact and power of memory. Displacement tells the story of Kiku Hughess family while also adding in some fiction due to missing pieces. Kiku is vacationing with her mother in San Francisco, when she first travels through time back to World War II. 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. Displacement cover image Displacement by Kiku Hughes (9781250193544) This historical graphic novel takes a modern-day teen and puts her 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. These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself 'stuck' back in time. 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.

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