They Called Us Enemy

"In this graphic memoir, Star Trek actor George Takei recounts his childhood experience living in Japanese internment camps in the 1940s. In affecting black-and-white artwork, Harmony Becker depicts the traumatic events his family endured, but Takei still finds room for joy – such as the moment he experienced snow for the first time, just before the family’s first Christmas in the camp. “Despite the chilly season, I retain warm memories,” he writes. Out of the dehumanizing ordeal, Takei ultimately lays out a message of perseverance: You can be anyone – perhaps even an officer on the starship Enterprise – if you forge boldly ahead."