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Displacement
Kiku Hughes
Illustrator: Kiku Hughes
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: First Second/Roaring Brook/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-2501-9354-4
Keywords: Japanese Americans, Historical Fiction, WWII, evacuation and relocation, race relations
Teen Kiku travels back in time to experience the traumatic WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans, including the grandmother she never knew. Nuanced colored panels. Back matter.