howlinglibraries's review
5.0
I've read a few graphic novels now about internment camps, and I would say this may be the most friendly to young audiences I've seen—especially for any kids who enjoy baseball or sports in general. It focuses more on family, baseball, and the main character's father, and less on the uglier aspects of internment camps than other books I've read on the topic, but still portrays them clearly enough to drive home the fact that these camps were a cruel treatment of innocent people in North America's recent history.
I thought the art was stunning and the story was incredibly engaging, and felt like it could easily have been nonfiction instead of historical fiction. I'd highly recommend Stealing Home to anyone who enjoys historical graphic novels, especially young readers who aren't familiar with the WWII internment camps!
I thought the art was stunning and the story was incredibly engaging, and felt like it could easily have been nonfiction instead of historical fiction. I'd highly recommend Stealing Home to anyone who enjoys historical graphic novels, especially young readers who aren't familiar with the WWII internment camps!
novellyness's review
4.0
Stealing Home by J. Torres was about a young boy's struggle to grow up during WWII while being displaced to a Japanese internment camp after the attack at Pearl Harbor. Sandy Saito has a passion for baseball and misses his absent father who is forced to be elsewhere for the duration of the war.
This graphic novel was a very good introduction to the historic reality of the Japanese internment camps for a middle grade level. It was a coming of age story that was a bit about baseball without being too much about baseball, and captured a basic understanding of what young children of Japanese descent may have experienced during this forced incarceration that happened across North America in the 1940's.
Stealing Home was reminiscent obviously in subject matter but also a bit in illustration style of They Called Us Enemy by George Takei but again, Stealing Home is directed towards a middle grade audience.
Thank you to NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. I would recommend this book for middle grade classrooms and a must read for history if homeschooling.
This graphic novel was a very good introduction to the historic reality of the Japanese internment camps for a middle grade level. It was a coming of age story that was a bit about baseball without being too much about baseball, and captured a basic understanding of what young children of Japanese descent may have experienced during this forced incarceration that happened across North America in the 1940's.
Stealing Home was reminiscent obviously in subject matter but also a bit in illustration style of They Called Us Enemy by George Takei but again, Stealing Home is directed towards a middle grade audience.
Thank you to NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. I would recommend this book for middle grade classrooms and a must read for history if homeschooling.
burkbooks's review
3.5
This was very informative. I learned a good amount about a subject I was not knowledgeable about. I also loved the idea of baseball being something that helped these people in such a horrible time in their lives. That being said, I had a hard time emotionally connecting to this book. Maybe just because it went by so fast, I’m not sure but that connection to the characters is something I really wanted more of. It was very eye opening though so I am thankful I read it!