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A little love

Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall’

December 19, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Around seventh grade I first heard about the Japanese American internment camp stories because my aunt is Japanese American. But it was not until I was much older that it clicked. My aunt, her siblings, her mother, and my cousins, not to mention her aunts, uncles and cousins would have been incarcerated. And while I was able to find a little here and there, it was difficult until the last few years to find things that were well done or interesting enough to keep me […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance Tagged With: 1942-1945, internment, Japanese Americans, libraries, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, United States - 20th Century, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:612 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance · Tags: 1942-1945, internment, Japanese Americans, libraries, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, United States - 20th Century, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander ·
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I am a rule breaker….And can be unlike Kiku and her family in this graphic novel

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

September 25, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr12bingo Book Club I am 100% cheating on this Bingo Block as I can’t find a Book Club book that I really want to read right now. However, this book should be 1000% in a book club.  We need to remember a piece of our own history and how history is currently repeating itself. Displacement by Kiku Hughes was not a perfect read for me. As much as I loved this book, I needed a bit more. It is a beautiful story about family, history, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult Tagged With: 1942-1945, 20th Century, cbr12bingo, History & Current Events tie-in, Japanese Americans, Kiku Hughes, Multigenerational, Social issue comics, time travel

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:292 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult · Tags: 1942-1945, 20th Century, cbr12bingo, History & Current Events tie-in, Japanese Americans, Kiku Hughes, Multigenerational, Social issue comics, time travel ·
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