{"product_id":"9781634050210","title":"Those Who Helped Us","description":"Author: Kiku Hughes\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781634050210\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Chin Music Press Inc.\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Feb 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second installment in the series of graphic novels that began with Washington State Book Award Finalist\u003ci\u003eWe Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBasketball-loving Sumiko Tanaka, then 11, narrates this graphic novel about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. Through her eyes, we watch as her family is forced from their home and subjected to indiscriminate racism as they are shipped off to the concentration camp called Minidoka in Idaho.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Sumiko and her 17-year-old sister Yuri also see acts of charity and solidarity from their non-Japanese neighbors and friends in the Seattle area that make them hopeful for the future. As the young girls struggle with the horrors of being imprisoned in the dusty desert, they also find solace in the fact that some people chose to help. This story highlights the actual actions and experiences of those neighbors and friends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833177559198,"sku":"ADS-9781634050210","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781634050210.jpg?v=1778651251","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781634050210","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}