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Author:

Torres, J., 1969- author.

Title:

Stealing home / text, J. Torres ; illustrations, David Namisato.

Publisher:

Kids Can Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

111 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Graphic novel.
Japanese--Canada--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Forced migration--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Race discrimination--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Coming-of-age comics.
Historical comics.
Graphic novels.

Other Authors:

Namisato, David, 1977- artist.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 111).

Summary:

"A gripping story of boy's experience in a WWII Japanese internment camp Sandy Saito is obsessed with baseball - especially the Asahi team, the pride of his community in Vancouver, British Columbia. But when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, his life, like that of every North American of Japanese descent, changes forever. His friends start calling him names and chasing him from the baseball field. His family if forbidden from visiting certain areas of the city. Then the government starts rounding people up and sending them to live in remote and crowded prison camps. Seemingly overnight, 21000 Japanese-Canadians are stripped of their rights, their belongings and their homes. It isn't long before Sandy's family is among them. Though live in the camp is difficult, Sandy finds solace in baseball. Stealing Home is a story about finding a way to deal with whatever is thrown at you, however you can ... "-- cover page 4.

ISBN:

1525303341
9781525303340

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1204663522

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)