Experience the forces that shaped an American icon - and America itself - in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. In a stunning graphic memoir, actor/author/activist George Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. Selected by many community reading programs, including the LA Times Book Club - check out their discussion guide!Äownload the official Teacher's Guide developed by the Japanese American National Museum! Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Amazon, NPR, New York Public Library, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, IGN, and Forbes! Nominated for Arkansas' Teen Book Award, Illinois' Abraham Lincoln Award, Indiana's Eliot Rosewater Award, Maine's North Star Award, and Rhode Island's Teen Book Award! One of YALSA's Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens!įeatured in the Texas Library Association's Maverick, Topaz, and Tayshas Reading Lists! Winner of the BookPal "Outstanding Work of Literature" Award for Biography & Memoir! Winner of the Mike Wieringo Award for Best Non-Fiction Comic Work! Winner of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics! Winner of the National Cartoonists Society Award for Excellence in Graphic Novels! Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature! Winner of the Will Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work! An ALA Notable Children's Book for Older Readers!
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