Image: Simon & Schuster
Happy Wednesday! It's a lovely day out there! I should've turned the AC off and opened windows last night as the temps did dip into the lowish 60s. Opportunity lost. I hope you are able to get outside and enjoy the weather!
Waiting on Wednesday features My Nest of Silence written and illustrated by Matt Faulkner. A true student of history studies the mistakes that were made and can be critical of injustices committed while still loving their country. That includes reading well-researched historical fiction. Japanese American citizens had their property confiscated and were imprisoned after Japan attacked the U.S. Mr. Faulkner's graphic novel hybrid will release this October.
Here's the publisher synopsis: Told in a brilliant blend of prose and graphic novel, this unforgettable middle grade story about a Japanese American family during World War II is written and illustrated by Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature winner Matt Faulkner.
Manzanar is nothing like home. Yet the relocation center is where Mari and her family have to live, now that the government has decided that Japanese Americans aren’t American enough. Determined to prove them wrong, Mari’s brother Mak has joined the army and is heading off to war. In protest, Mari has stopped talking for the duration of the war. Or at least until Mak comes home safe.
Still, Mari has no trouble expressing herself through her drawings. Mak, too, expresses himself in his letters home, first from training camp and later from the front lines of World War II, where he is fighting with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. But while his letters are reassuring, reality is not: Mak is facing danger at every turn, from racism within the army to violence on the battlefield.
In turns humorous and heartbreaking, Mari and Mak’s story will stick with readers long after the last page.
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