{"id":5503,"date":"2024-05-06T16:35:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T16:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/?p=5503"},"modified":"2024-06-06T18:31:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:31:20","slug":"graphic-memoir-the-boy-from-clearwater-ncta-online-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/graphic-memoir-the-boy-from-clearwater-ncta-online-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Memoir: &#8220;The Boy from Clearwater&#8221; NCTA Online Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this program, we explored the 1930s and 1950s Taiwan through the eyes of Tsai Kun-lin, a boy who was born in Qingshui. This true story begins with Tsai growing up in Japanese occupied Taiwan. Through Tsai\u2019s eyes and the graphic artist\u2019s pen, the reader comes face to face with a changing Taiwan: from an emerging war with military parades and air raids to Tsai\u2019s friends being conscripted in the army. Yet it is after the war when Tsai becomes a victim of the White Terror era, that he faces ten years in prison\u2026<\/p>\n<p>From Publisher\u2019s Weekly: <em>Zhou\u2019s illustrations reflect the story\u2019s dark turn, morphing into inky, deco, noir-inspired art shot through with blue shocks of color. This harrowing debut, which depicts an underreported period in Taiwan\u2019s history, is informative and inspiring for Tsai\u2019s ebullient hope and resilience.<\/em> (Book 2 of\u00a0<em>The Boy from Clearwater<\/em>\u00a0will be published later this month.)<\/p>\n<h3>\n<div class=\"profile-publications\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/publication\/the-boy-from-clearwater\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"book-cover\">                                    \t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/9781646142798-Small-211x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/9781646142798-Small-211x300.jpeg 211w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/9781646142798-Small.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"people-deet\">\n<h3>The Boy from Clearwater <\/h3>\n<p class=\"pub-sub-head\">Publication Date:<\/p>\n<p>2023<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Teachers joined program leader <a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/people\/tese-neighbor\/\"><strong>Tese Wintz Neighbor<\/strong><\/a> in early June and discussed this quick-to-read, long-to-ponder graphic memoir by <a class=\"ContributorLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/23393279.Yu_Pei_Yun\"><span class=\"ContributorLink__name\" data-testid=\"name\">Yu Pei-Yun<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"ContributorLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/19503402.Zhou_Jian_Xin\"><span class=\"ContributorLink__name\" data-testid=\"name\">Zhou Jian-Xin<\/span><span class=\"ContributorLink__role\" data-testid=\"role\">\u00a0(Illustrator)<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"ContributorLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/19458978.Lin_King\"><span class=\"ContributorLink__name\" data-testid=\"name\">Lin King<\/span><span class=\"ContributorLink__role\" data-testid=\"role\"> (Translator),<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 which also won the <em>2023 Freeman Book Award Winner-Graphic Novels for Middle and High School<\/em><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Date and Time<\/h3>\n<p>Participants chose to attend either of the following sessions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group 1: Tuesday, June 4, 2024; 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (Pacific Time)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group 2: Wednesday, June 5, 2024; 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (Pacific Time)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This book club was held over Zoom.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Program benefits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A physical copy of the book.<\/li>\n<li>Online Resource packet.<\/li>\n<li>Four free Washington State OSPI clock hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Online Resources<\/h3>\n<p>You can find resources for this program <a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/earc\/2024-june-graphic-memoir-the-boy-from-clearwater-ncta-online-vpqnun9r4ps17m2q\">on this Padlet link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em> This program is sponsored by the East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington and funded by a Freeman Foundation grant in support of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nctasia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this program, we explored the 1930s and 1950s Taiwan through the eyes of Tsai Kun-lin, a boy who was born in Qingshui. 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