Barefoot Gen 2

Modern Age

Barefoot Gen, Vol. 2: The Day After Author: Nakazawa, Keiji Buy at Amazon | BookShop.org Time Period: Modern Age Time Frame: 1945 Geographic Area: Asia Country: Japan Topics: World War II, Hiroshima Genre: Fiction, Own Voices Reading Age: Young Adult, Adult Format: Graphic Novel Published: 2004 Series: Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima Barefoot Gen, Vol. 2: The Day After Barefoot Gen, Vol. 3: Life After the Bomb

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Barefoot Gen Volume Two ―"The Day After" ―tells the story of the day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Gen, his mother, and his newborn sister face the horrors of the day after the bomb.

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