YA Virtual Book Group

displacement
Event Date: 
Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm

This month we'll be reading the graphic novel "Displacement" by Kiku Hughes -- winner of Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature from American Library Association.

"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."--Publisher's website.

Email Emily at ewayne@cwmars.org for a copy of the book and Zoom link.