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NEW YORK (AP) — “Star Trek” actor and political activist George Takei has an image guide scheduled for subsequent spring that attracts upon his early childhood years spent in internment camps for Japanese Individuals.
Crown Books for Younger Readers introduced Wednesday that Takei’s “My Misplaced Freedom,” illustrated by Michelle Lee, shall be printed April 30, 2024.
Takei, 86, spent three years in three completely different camps throughout World Battle II. The camps have been established after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an govt order in 1942 authorizing the compelled removing on the West Coast of these thought of safety dangers, resulting in the incarceration of greater than 100,000 Japanese Individuals.
“My childhood behind barbed wire fences is the explanation I turned an activist,” Takei mentioned in an announcement. “It was clear that the story in regards to the injustices Japanese Individuals confronted must also be informed in a method that younger youngsters and their caregivers may perceive. Particularly in in the present day’s political local weather, my mission is to convey this chapter of American historical past to youngsters in order that we are able to all develop up understanding each the fragility and the significance of democracy and our participation in it.”
Takei’s earlier books embody “Oh Myyy!: There Goes The Web,” about his substantial social media following, and the autobiography “To the Stars.”
Crown Books for Younger Readers is an imprint of Random Home Kids’s Books.
