Gaijin: American Prisoner of War

by Matt Faulkner

Book Overview

This searing, cinematic graphic novel, by acclaimed author Matt Faulkner follows the story of Koji, a biracial prisoner in WWII America as he struggles to find his place.

With a white mother and a Japanese father, Koji Miyamoto quickly realizes that his home in San Francisco is no longer a welcoming one after Pearl Harbor is attacked. And once he's sent to an internment camp, he learns that being half white at the camp is just as difficult...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423137353
• ISBN13: 9781423137351
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Little, Brown Ink
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7