The graphic novel chronicles Takei’s childhood experience in the Japanese internment camps in America during World War II. Takei structures the narrative with a modern-day talk he gives at the home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was president of the country during the internment period. During the talk, Takei tells his family’s story while examining the conflict between his faith in American democracy and the terrible decision to create the internment camps.

The novel follows the life of one of the Lost Boys from South Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Salva Dut is chased from his village and family by militants at the age of 11. Dut becomes a “Lost Boy” of Sudan before being adopted into an American family. Salva’s narrative parallels that of Nya, an 11-year-old Nuer girl who walks eight hours a day to retrieve life-saving water for her family.

This program will be used to access the supplemental novels. All supplemental novels will be digital. No hard copies of the supplemental novels will be available.