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Bezig met laden... Stealing Home (2021)door J. Torres
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Personally, I enjoyed [b:Displacement|46223303|Displacement|Kiku Hughes|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1576630449l/46223303._SX50_.jpg|61761982] more. But I think this one would a good introduction to this part of history for young middle schoolers who have only learned facts about the Japanese internment in school before. ( ) Sandy's family lives in Vancouver, BC, where he enjoys watching the Japanese baseball team, Asahi, with his dad, and playing catch. But after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, everything changes. In particular, his father who is a doctor, is away from home more often, treating Japanese patients who have been relocated. He tells the family that he is going where he is "most needed" and that the increasingly tenuous situation facing them "is only temporary." But all Sandy wants is to be able to play catch with his father again. When the family is relocated to a prison camp with other Japanese Canadians, it is baseball that makes things bearable. An affecting and poignant portrayal of the unjust internment of Japanese Canadians; a strong addition to classic and contemporary works about this period in history. Backmatter includes historical notes on the internment in Canada and Japanese baseball in North America. A gentle look at the internment of Canadian citizens of Japanese descent during World War II through the eyes of a young boy. I am very familiar with how it occurred in the United States, so it was interesting to get a glimpse at how it played out in mostly the same manner to the north. It's a good introduction to the subject for children, but it might have dwelled a bit more on the negative consequences and the aftermath. Instead it kind of stops in the middle of the period of incarceration with a happy ending of sorts by zeroing on the boy's relationship with his father instead of the bigger picture. children's graphic historical fiction (Japanese-Canadian family from Vancouver is sent to a prison camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor, but reclaim some of what they lost through baseball). *reviewed from uncorrected e-galley via netgalley* Very readable and relatable history lesson for kids, should have no problem finding an audience. I've read other children's graphic fiction books on this topic before but this is the first one that takes place in British Columbia (a lesser-known history). Also recommended: Kiku Hughes' Displacement, and George Takei's They Called Us Enemy. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Sandy Saito looks back to his childhood in 1940s Vancouver, when he was eight years old. He's a happy kid: he goes to school, reads comic books and is obsessed with baseball -- especially the Asahi baseball team, the pride of the Japanese-Canadian community. Then the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor -- and everything changes. The kids Sandy used to play with every day now call him names and chase him from the playground. He and his family are no longer permitted to go outside at night or visit certain areas of the city. Japanese-Canadians are stripped of their rights, their jobs and their homes, and soon the government begins to round up Japanese families, sending them to internment camps. It isn't long before Sandy's family is among them. The reader accompanies Sandy on his journey to the camp and the seasons that follow in this historically accurate portrayal of a grave chapter in both Canadian and American history. David Namisato's detailed art depicts the 1940s setting with cultural and historical precision, following Sandy and his family as they are forced to leave their home and relocate to a prison camp comprised of crowded, makeshift barracks in a remote site without electricity or running water. The theme of baseball, Sandy's favorite sport, runs through the story as a message of hope and renewal."-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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