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Stealing home / J. Torres ; David Namisato.

Torres, J., 1969- (author.). Namisato, David, 1977- (illustrations.).

Summary:
"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781525303340
  • ISBN: 1525303341
  • Physical Description: 111 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 111) and filmography (page 111).
Target Audience Note:
HL430L Lexile
000-015.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 3.3 1 1 516073
Subject: Japanese > Canada > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Japanese > Canada > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Forced migration > Canada > Comic books, strips, etc.
Forced migration > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Race discrimination > Canada > Comic books, strips, etc.
Race discrimination > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Canada > Comic books, strips, etc.
Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Graphic novels.
Children's stories > Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Coming-of-age comics.
Historical comics.
Comics (Graphic works)

Available copies

  • 5 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Kids TOR Graphic (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2021: In Memory of Carroll Granger
34007002446693 Childrens Area Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Juv Graphic Novel Torres (Text) 39427103611174 Juvenile Nonfiction Room: Juvenile Graphic Novel Checked Out 04/18/2024
New Oxford Library J741.5 TOR (Text) 35740635778095 Juvenile Graphic Novel Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library FIC Rotating STE 1 R35 (Text) 30003009122795 Rotating Graphic Novels Available -
Robesonia Community Library J TOR (Text) 33249023376837 Children's Graphic Novel Available -
Bethlehem Main Library YA GRAPHIC 741.5 (Text) 33062009512105 YA Graphic Available -


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