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(0)Harmony Becker
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 680L
Language
English
Description
"A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new...
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heart breaks,...
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 680L
Language
English
Description
Takei's firsthand account of years spent in a Japanese American concentration camp, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
Description
"George Takei ha capturado corazones y mentes en todo el mundo con su cautivadora presencia en el escena y su compromiso incondicional con la igualdad de derechos. Pero, mucho antes de alcanzar nuevas fronteras en Star Trek, se despertó de niño, a los cuatro años, para encontrar a su país natal en guerra con el de su padre... y a su familia entera forzada a abandonar su hogar, rumbo a un futuro incierto. En 1942, bajo órdenes del presidente...
