Pearl: A Graphic Novel

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Author: Smith, Sherri Graphic novelsPublished on 29 August 2024 by Scholastic US in the United States.Paperback | 144 pages228 x 153 x 12 | 330g In a beautifully crafted and captiv ating graphic novelfrom award-winning writer Sherri L. Smith and Eisner-nominated artistChristine Norrie, a Japanese-American girl must survive yearsof uncertainty and questions of loyalty in Hiroshima during WorldWar II.Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl who lives inHawaii. When her great-grandmother falls ill, Amy travels to visitfamily in Hiroshima for the first time.But this is 1941.When the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor, it becomes impossiblefor Amy to return to Hawaii. Conscripted into translating Englishradio transmissions for the Japanese army, Amy struggles withquestions of loyalty and fears about her family amidst rumorsof internment camps in America – even as she makes a new bestfriend and, over the years, Japan starts to feel something likehome.Torn between two countries at war, Amy must figure outwhere her loyalties lie and, in the face of unthinkable tragedy,find hope in the rubble of a changed world.Beatifully illustrated by award-winning illustrator ChristineNorrieA thrilling tale of torn loyalty and survival during terriblecrisisA glimpse into the untold stories of WWII Show more