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My nest of silence

A graphic novel/prose hybrid which tells the story of a young Japanese American man who leaves his family in the Manzanar internment camp to fight in the European theater during World War II, and of his ten-year-old sister who, frustrated over her brother risking his life for the government that imp...

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Main Author: Faulkner, Matt (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Young adult fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Young adult fiction.
Selective mutism > Young adult fiction.
Siblings > Young adult fiction.
Japanese Americans > Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction > Young adult.
Coming-of-age fiction > Young adult.
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Summary:A graphic novel/prose hybrid which tells the story of a young Japanese American man who leaves his family in the Manzanar internment camp to fight in the European theater during World War II, and of his ten-year-old sister who, frustrated over her brother risking his life for the government that imprisoned them, decides to stop talking until he returns.
Physical Description:373 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 10 and up.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781534477629
1534477624
Author Notes:Matt Faulkner is an acclaimed illustrator who has written and illustrated more than thirty books, including Gaijin: American Prisoner of War , which won the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Literature Award. He is married to author and children's librarian Kris Remenar. Visit him at MattFaulkner.com.

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