5/23/2023 0 Comments Graphic novel displacement![]() ![]() Through Kiku’s eyes, we learn about the conditions, circumstances, and injustice that led to Japanese immigrants and Americans of Japanese descent being torn from their lives and moved to the middle of nowhere. ![]() This story functions somewhat as a time travel fiction story, but also a historical account of one of too-many examples of systemic racism in America. The side characters like May, Ernestina, and Kiku’s mother are also well-written. ![]() Kiku is a strong protagonist, adaptable and sweet and brave. This is a gorgeous, moving, eye-opening graphic novel. But this terrible situation might prove to teach her more about herself and her family. Kiku doesn’t know what to make of it, and doesn’t know what is going to happen to her. During a trip to San Francisco with her mother, though, Kiku experiences a displacement-she is transported back in time and space to her grandmother’s time, when her family was taken to a camp for Japanese Americans during the Second World War. Displacement follows Kiku, a girl growing up in Seattle. ![]()
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