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Gaijin
written and illustrated by Matt Faulkner
Ages: 12+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Disney Press/Disney Book Group
ISBN: 978-142313735-1
Keywords: World War II, Graphic format, Prejudice, Japanese Americans
Cinematic illustrations reveal a half-Japanese boy's struggles with discrimination in an internment camp following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Notes and sources.