Stealing Home

Stealing Home book cover. The background shows snowy mountains with green trees toward the bottom and coming forward. In Front, with his back showing, is a boy in gray pants and a long jacket, wearing a white and red baseball cap and holding a baseball glove in his right hand. Next to him on the grass to his left is a brown suitcase and a baseball in the grass to his right. He is looking toward the mountain with cabins on each side and one between him and the mountain.

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Ages: 9+

Grades: 4th+

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Product Code: 234-205

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Stealing Home Graphic Novel

How do you teach your children about prison camps, one emotionally gripping illustration of World War II’s collateral damage? Stealing Home is a great place to start. In this thoroughly researched graphic novel, your student is introduced to the history of the camps, the racism Japanese Canadians endured, and the stress one family faced due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.


Stealing Home is historically accurate yet told with sensitivity for this younger audience, disclosing only age-appropriate hardships. It is centered on a baseball-loving Japanese Canadian boy’s family forced to relocate. Stealing Home will be a good resource for initiating conversations with your children about discrimination, fear, empathy, and kindness. Stealing Home is rendered in detailed sepia-toned artwork and includes an afterword and further resources.

 

 

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Pages: 112
Publisher: Kids Can Press, under Hachette Book Group USA
Copyright: Oct 5, 2021
Author: J. Torres
Illustrated By: David Namisato
ISBN: 978-1-5253-0334-0
Publisher's Age Recommendation: 9 to 12
Faith-Based: No

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Ashley
Deep, but very good read!

This story is so good! The graphic-style pages are very engaging for my 11 and 13 year old. The story gets deep and sad, but it really portrays adversity well and how to handle it. This is a must read for all middle schoolers.

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Jenny M.
Good but sad

My 10 year old and 12 year old read this, they enjoyed it but said it was also depressing. I love these historical comics, much better than my kids reading regular comics!! Please keep them coming, we will buy them!!