Pearl: A Graphic Novel

Author: Smith, Sherri

Graphic novels

Published on 29 August 2024 by Scholastic US in the United States.

Paperback | 144 pages
228 x 153 x 12 | 330g

In a beautifully crafted and captivating graphic novel

from award-winning writer Sherri L. Smith and Eisner-nominated artist

Christine Norrie, a Japanese-American girl must survive years

of uncertainty and questions of loyalty in Hiroshima during World

War II.

Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl who lives in

Hawaii. When her great-grandmother falls ill, Amy travels to visit

family in Hiroshima for the first time.

But this is 1941.

When the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor, it becomes impossible

for Amy to return to Hawaii. Conscripted into translating English

radio transmissions for the Japanese army, Amy struggles with

questions of loyalty and fears about her family amidst rumors

of internment camps in America – even as she makes a new best

friend and, over the years, Japan starts to feel something like

home.

Torn between two countries at war, Amy must figure out

where her loyalties lie and, in the face of unthinkable tragedy,

find hope in the rubble of a changed world.

Beatifully illustrated by award-winning illustrator Christine

Norrie

A thrilling tale of torn loyalty and survival during terrible

crisis

A glimpse into the untold stories of WWII