Teen Review by Hannah H., 16Displacement, a graphic novel by Kiku Hughes, takes your imagination on a wild adventure with a page-turning story line and excellent artistic work. This graphic novel by Hughes speaks about identity, confusion, and the power of the memory of the 1940 Japanese American internment camps, and their impact on the main character, Kiku, and her family. Curious yet timid, Kiku struggles to ask her mother about her Japanese ancestry when in San Francisco. After receiving minimal information about her heritage, Kiku suddenly finds her modern clothes replaced with classic 1940’s attire, and a heavy fog that goes as suddenly as it came. Where is Kiku? What was happening? Over the course of a year, Kiku discovers the hardships and the injustices that the Japanese American’s faced in the 1940 internment camps. Our protagonist grapples with being out of her own time, living right next to her own grandmother, and surviving under the circumstances at the camp. Additionally, Hughes paints an outstanding picture of the living conditions in these camps, such as poor housing and schooling opportunities. While writing with amazing emotion that brings unique life to Kiku’s family history, Hughes added some modern political statements that I personally felt were not necessary and did not add to the story. Overall, I sincerely enjoyed this short-- yet sweet --graphic novel called Displacement. This well-done work has sparked my interest in WWII history, and I hope you will stop by the Coeur d'Alene library to enjoy it as well. Read-alikes REFERENCES
CIN Catalog. (2020). Retrieved from: https://catalog.cin.bywatersolutions.com/ Goodreads [Cover Images]. (2020). Retrieved from: https://www.goodreads.com/ Hannah H. (2020, September). Teen Review. NoveList Plus: Displacement [Genre/Themes and Read-alikes]. (2020). Retrieved from: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=neh&tg=UI&an=10908065&site=novp-live&custid=s5664038 Overdrive Catalog. (2020). Retrieved from: https://cin.overdrive.com/
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