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This is a worthy topic, but unfortunately a poor execution. The stories are piecemeal and disjointed. There is far too much telling and not enough showing - the graphic format was badly underutilised. The excessively small print in portions provided further friction to the reading process.

Read They Called Us Enemy (Takei) instead.

This book is amazing. Not sure I was in the head space for something that punches you in the gut in the first section but that does not make this less amazing. The author has a unique narrative style that I appreciate.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks (it's possible that I am behind and this was a January book)

Over the long holiday weekend, my husband and I decided to drive to California and visit Manzanar. This was one of the ten Japanese relocation camps in the US during WWII. I was profoundly moved by this place and I picked up a couple of books to help me understand what happened there. Both “Farewell to Manzanar” and “Only What We Could Carry” give firsthand accounts from the people who were unjustly taken to these camps at that time.

An excerpt from Seen & Unseen. Toyo Miyatake smuggled a camera into the camp and had a friend smuggle him film.

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#history
#WWII
#ToyoMiyatake
#DorotheaLange

An excerpt from Seen & Unseen.

#quotes
#art
#graphicnovel
#photography
#DorotheaLange
#history
#WWII

Continuing with my stack of Dorothea Lange books, I was pleasantly surprised to discover this was a graphic novel with beautiful yet haunting illustrations. It goes into detail about the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII and should be required reading for students. It also includes photos by Toyo Miyatake (who was imprisoned in a camp) and Ansel Adams. A part of American history that should not be forgotten. 5⭐️

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MG nonfiction. A collection of photographs taken by Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams at the behest of the government to document the forced removal and detention of Japanese Americans during WWII, and covertly by Toyo Miyatake while he was one of the prisoners. These are paired with illustrations and age appropriate explanations of the history written by Lange‘s goddaughter. This would make a good classroom resource.⬇️⬇️⬇️

So this title is featured on a few banned booklists and that in and of itself disgusts me. Yes, this is a hard read but one I feel everyone should take time to read. This is part of my Japanese culture and author reading challenge. This author is so very good and I will definitely pick up more of her titles.

(2002) It's a small, lean story about a family taken into an internment camp during WWII. It's powerfully effective in communicating both the experiences of the imprisoned Japanese-Americans, and the outrage of the nation's actions. Highly recommended.

Also: banned from the curriculum in a Wisconsin school district for being too one-sided. Which pretty much tells you which side the school board is on. And why we need to keep reading #BannedBooks

My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks for November: a banned book about the Japanese Internment; and a 3 Investigators mystery. Looking forward to these. Thanks @TheAromaofBooks !