Toshiko

by Michael Kluckner

Overview

Wartime, 1944, in the British Columbia Interior – a farm boy becomes curious about the predicament of two Japanese-Canadian teenagers marooned on a nearby farm with their families, unable to live in their former homes on the coast. His friendship with the girl, Toshiko, blossoms into romance and becomes a scandal following a fight at a school dance. Thrown out of his house by his racist father, he sets off with her on a freight train bound for Vancouver.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781988242354
Publisher:	Midtown Press
Publication date:	01/14/2025
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	7.75(w) x 10.75(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Michael Kluckner’s illustrated books include Vanishing Vancouver, detailed histories of Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto, a sketchbook of Canada’s cultural landscapes, and memoirs of farm life. Also, by Michael Kluckner and Midtown Press are graphic novels set in British Columbia: The Rooming House; Toshiko and Julia set in the past; 2050 in the future; and a book of art entitled Here & Gone

What People are Saying About This

Patricia Roy

“The black and white drawings in the many panels are superb.”

Michael Abe

“This is more than just a graphic novel, it is a refreshing and innovative medium to tell Japanese Canadian and Canadian wartime history to a diverse audience.”

Editorial Reviews

Perhaps one of the greatest compliments ... came during the book's launch at the Nikkei National Centre in Burnaby when an elderly Japanese woman told him that Toshiko 'brought back memories and was true to the period'.”

Vancouver Sun