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Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was six years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on his hometown of Hiroshima. In this memoir, Nakazawa recounts his wartime childhood, and his experience surviving the atomic bomb. Nakazawa recounts the events in the days, months, and years after the bomb, and how he turned to cartooning to tell his story.

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Highly recommended for older readers and for all libraries. --The Library Journal on Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen Invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion. --Publishers Weekly on Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen

Highly recommended for older readers and for all libraries. --The Library Journal on Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen Invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion. --Publishers Weekly on Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen

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Keiji Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima, and was six years old when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945. All of his family members who had not been evacuated died in the bombing, except for his mother, and an infant sister who died several weeks after the bombing. Compelled to tell his story in the memory of his family, Keiji Nakazawa is best known for his epic tragic history Barefoot Gen.

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