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'''Displacement'''<br>
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'''El Deafo'''<br>
'''Author:''' Hughes, Kiku<br>
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'''Author:''' Bell, Cece<br>
'''[https://amzn.to/2NBkvpy Buy at Amazon] | [https://bookshop.org/a/15682/9781250193537 BookShop.org]<br><br>'''
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'''[https://amzn.to/3mrHu3t Buy at Amazon] | [https://bookshop.org/a/15682/9781419712173 BookShop.org]<br><br>'''
 
'''Time Period:''' Modern Age <br>
 
'''Time Period:''' Modern Age <br>
'''Time Frame:''' 1942-1945<br>
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'''Time Frame:''' 1970<br>
'''Geographic Area:''' North America <br>
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'''Geographic Area:''' North America<br>
'''Country:'''United States<br>
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'''Country:''' United States<br>
'''Topics:''' WWII, Japanese Internment<br>
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'''Topics:''' American Life, Disabilities<br>
'''Genre:''' Historical Fantasy <br>
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'''Genre:''' Non Fiction, Biography <br>
'''Reading Age:''' Young Adult, Adult<br>
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'''Reading Age:''' Middle Grade, Upper Middle Grade<br>
 
'''Format:''' Graphic Novel<br>
 
'''Format:''' Graphic Novel<br>
'''Published:''' 2020
 
 
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'''''[[American History|American History]]''' > [[Modern Age Booklist|Modern Age]] > [[World War II Booklist|WWII]]''
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'''''[[American History|American History]]''' > [[Modern Age Booklist|Modern Age]] > 1970s''
  
A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japanese internment camps in Displacement, a historical graphic novel from Kiku Hughes.
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The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor winning graphic novel memoir from Cece Bell
 
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Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II.
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Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece’s class was deaf. Here, she’s different. She’s sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends.
 
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These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself "stuck" back in time. Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. She witnesses the lives of Japanese-Americans who were denied their civil liberties and suffered greatly, but managed to cultivate community and commit acts of resistance in order to survive.
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Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom but anywhere her teacher is in the school—in the hallway... in the teacher’s lounge... in the bathroom! This is power. Maybe even superpower! Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, Listener for All. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it’s just another way of feeling different... and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?
 
 
Kiku Hughes weaves a riveting, bittersweet tale that highlights the intergenerational impact and power of memory.
 
  
 
==Emily's Review==
 
==Emily's Review==
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My daughter and I read this together (she read it to me for independent reading) and we both loved it. She said this is her new favorite book and has already started it over.
  
This is such a powerful story about time travel and generational trauma and healing. Kiku gets pulled back in time to when her grandmother was imprisoned in Japanese internment camps in the 1940s. She'd only heard a few stories of that time and feels disconnected from her Japanese heritage. Over the course of the story, she learns why her mother never learned to speak Japanese and why she was raised without that connection to her family's culture.
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This is a memoir about the author's childhood and growing up deaf, told in graphic novel format. The illustrations are adorable, and the story is fun and sweet. I love books that allow me to see the world from a different perspective. Cece copes with being the only deaf kid in her class by inventing a superhero identity - El Deafo. She sees her phonic ear hearing aid as a super power! This story does a fantastic job of showing kids that differences can be a superpower and that we shouldn't treat people who are different from us as if they aren't capable of doing things. I highly recommend picking this up!
 
 
There are so many great themes in this novel, from the importance of learning your family history and the effects of generational trauma, resistance, and how we can stand up for what is right even when it seems small in the face of great adversity.  
 
 
 
I love the way the author wove current events into the story, showing how history repeats itself. The theme of resistance is such an important one. We need to know that the Japanese Americans that were wrongfully imprisoned didn't just go like sheep. They did what they could to resist in both small and large ways.
 
 
 
The relationships Kiku forms in the camps and the way she and her mother bond over their shared memories were beautifully written. "Memories are powerful things." We need to know our past so we can make a better future.
 
  
 
==Other Similar Books==
 
==Other Similar Books==
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El Deafo
Author: Bell, Cece
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Time Period: Modern Age
Time Frame: 1970
Geographic Area: North America
Country: United States
Topics: American Life, Disabilities
Genre: Non Fiction, Biography
Reading Age: Middle Grade, Upper Middle Grade
Format: Graphic Novel

American History > Modern Age > 1970s

The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor winning graphic novel memoir from Cece Bell

Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece’s class was deaf. Here, she’s different. She’s sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends.

Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom but anywhere her teacher is in the school—in the hallway... in the teacher’s lounge... in the bathroom! This is power. Maybe even superpower! Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, Listener for All. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it’s just another way of feeling different... and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?

Emily's Review

My daughter and I read this together (she read it to me for independent reading) and we both loved it. She said this is her new favorite book and has already started it over.

This is a memoir about the author's childhood and growing up deaf, told in graphic novel format. The illustrations are adorable, and the story is fun and sweet. I love books that allow me to see the world from a different perspective. Cece copes with being the only deaf kid in her class by inventing a superhero identity - El Deafo. She sees her phonic ear hearing aid as a super power! This story does a fantastic job of showing kids that differences can be a superpower and that we shouldn't treat people who are different from us as if they aren't capable of doing things. I highly recommend picking this up!

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