| Description |
208 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Based on a true story." |
| Summary |
"Set in the multicultural Central District of Seattle during World War II and inspired by author and artist Josh Tuininga's family experiences, We Are Not Strangers explores a unique situation of Japanese and Jewish Americans living side by side in a country at war. Following Marco's grandfather's perspective, we learn of his life as a Sephardic Jewish immigrant living in America and his struggles as he settles into an America gearing up its war efforts. Despite the war raging just outside US borders, Papoo befriends Sam Akiyama, a Japanese man who finds his world upended from President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066. Determined to keep Sam's business afloat while he and his family are unjustly incarcerated, Papoo creates a plan that not only changes the lives of the Akiyamas but of the entire Nihonmachi community"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Japanese American business enterprises -- Fiction.
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Japanese American business enterprises -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
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Jews -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction.
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Seattle (Wash.) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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Graphic novels.
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| ISBN |
9781419759949 hc. |
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