Join the Main Book Club on the 2nd floor for a discussion of one of the selections for Tacoma Reads 2025, We Are Not Strangers by Josh Tuininga.

About the book:

Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel follows a Jewish immigrant’s efforts to help his Japanese neighbors while they are incarcerated during World War II.

Set in the multicultural Central District of Seattle during World War II and inspired by author and artist Josh Tuininga’s family experiences, We Are Not Strangers explores a unique situation of Japanese and Jewish Americans living side by side in a country at war.

Copies of We Are Not Strangers are available at Main while they last for sign out, or from various branch collections.