{"title":"Ken Mochizuki","description":"\u003cp\u003eKen Mochizuki crafts compelling graphic novels that resonate deeply with young adult readers. His works often explore themes of history, identity, and resilience, inviting readers to reflect on past events through engaging narratives and vivid illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles like \u003cem\u003eMichi Challenges History\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThose Who Helped Us\u003c\/em\u003e, Mochizuki offers stories that blend educational insights with emotional depth, making complex subjects accessible and inspiring for a youth audience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"michi-challenges-history-by-ken-mochizuki-9781324015888","title":"Michi Challenges History","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe daughter of Japanese immigrants, Michi Nishiura Weglyn was confined in Arizona's Gila River concentration camp during World War II. She later became a costume designer for Broadway and worked as the wardrobe designer for some of the most popular television personalities of the '50s and early '60s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1968, after a televised statement by the US Attorney General that concentration camps in America never existed, Michi embarked on an eight-year solo quest through libraries and the National Archives to expose and account for the existence of the World War II camps where she and other Japanese Americans were imprisoned. Her research became a major catalyst for the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, in which the US government admitted that its treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II was wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThoroughly researched and intricately told, \u003cem\u003eMichi Changes History\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful portrayal of one woman's fight for the truth—and for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016448655596,"sku":"9781324015888","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/103784423fca08261dc22ac044c9790a.jpg?v=1763607124"},{"product_id":"those-who-helped-us-by-ken-mochizuki-9781634050210","title":"Those Who Helped Us","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second instalment in the series of graphic novels that began with Washington State Book Award Finalist \u003ci\u003eWe Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBasketball-loving Sumiko Tanaka, then 11, narrates this graphic novel about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. Through her eyes, we watch as her family is forced from their home and subjected to indiscriminate racism as they are shipped off to the concentration camp called Minidoka in Idaho.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Sumiko and her 17-year-old sister Yuri also see acts of charity and solidarity from their non-Japanese neighbours and friends in the Seattle area that make them hopeful for the future. As the young girls struggle with the horrors of being imprisoned in the dusty desert, they also find solace in the fact that some people chose to help. This story highlights the actual actions and experiences of those neighbours and friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600777593068,"sku":"9781634050210","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ba7d8e548d4a515d86bc71369809a8a1.jpg?v=1778019580"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ken-mochizuki.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}