Graphic Material
The boy from Clearwater
Audience Teens 14-17 years
Published 2023 by Levine Querido, Montclair
ISBN 9781646142798
Bib Id 1250384
Copyright 2023
Description 350 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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9781646142798 (hardcover) $26.00
1646142799
9781646142804 (paperback) $20.00
1646142802
Language
eng
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YA GRAPHIC B Cai Y
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The boy from Clearwater
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2023 by Levine Querido, Montclair :
Copyright Date
©2023
Description
350 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note
Translation of: Lai zi Qingshui de hai zi.
Summary
"Part One: Taiwan, 1930s. Tsai Kun-lin, an ordinary boy born in Qingshui, recounts a carefree childhood despite the Japanese occupation: growing up happily with the company of nursery rhymes and picture books on Qingshui Street. As war emerges Tsai's memories shift to military parades, air raids, and watching others face conscription into the army. It seems no one can escape. After the war, the book-loving teenager tries hard to learn Mandarin and believes he is finally stepping towards a comfortable future; but little does he know, a dark cloud awaits him ahead. Part Two: Taiwan, 1950s. In his second year at Taichung First Senior High School, Tsai is arrested simply for joining a book club and subsequently tortured, deprived of civil rights, and sent to Green Island for "reformation." Lasting until his release in September 1960, Tsai, a victim of the White Terror era, spends ten years of his youth in prison on an unjust charge. But he is ready to embrace freedom" --
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Nonfiction comics.
Historical comics.
Graphic novels
Historical comics.
Graphic novels
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