I am a huge Star Trek fan and was super excited to finally read George Takei's memoir. It explores his experiences as a child while his family was living in internment camps during World War II. His mother was born in the United States and grew up in Japan while his father was born in Japan and grew up in the United States. George was quite young when this happened, and his parents did a decent job protecting from the worst parts of what was happening. It made me happy to know many Japanese descendants worked together as a community to aid each other and make a home for themselves in those camps despite the circumstances. At the same time, it's something that should have never happened in the first place.

This is a story told through the eyes of a child. It makes the historical truth of what happened much more digestible and approachable. I would recommend it for all ages, honestly. I also have George Takei's autobiography and I'm planning on reading his upcoming memoir about coming out and his LGBT+ activism. It's such a gift to be able to have a first-hand account of such vital historical events. We won't have people from that generation around much longer, so I'll savor what I can learn from them.