"Allyship takes many forms. From a scrap of family folklore, Josh Tuininga imagines a better world in which those targeted on the basis of race could count on their neighbors--a story all the more meaningful as we are called upon to stand with others who are demonized in the present moment. Seattleites will recognize the look of places long gone and some that remain."--Frank Abe, coauthor of We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration

"Grounded in the historically diverse Central District of Seattle, Josh Tuininga's We Are Not Strangers intertwines the stories of a Japanese American family and a Sephardic Jewish family, revealing deep personal loyalty against a backdrop of racist accusations of disloyalty. Based on careful research into both communities, this book shines a light on how world events challenged both families and how one individual's act of quiet resistance impacted many."--Ellen Eisenberg, author of The First to Cry Down Injustice?: Western Jews and Japanese Removal Durin

"As sparing as it is moving, as memorable as it is timely, We are Not Strangers is beautifully drawn and evocatively told. This story is fascinating, important, and too little known--I learned so much about communities I've long been part of and neighbor to--but even better, it tells a different kind of love story, a different kind of hero story, a different story about race and immigration and community, which surely is what the world needs now. Josh Tuininga has made magic here."--Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is and One Two Three

"The tones and texture of the artwork is intimate, tactile, and forlorn. Reading We Are Not Strangers feels like finding some dusty artifact of loss and fortitude in an attic."--Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, author of Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

"We are Not Strangers inspires readers to treat fellow human beings with fairness and dignity. Tuininga wonderfully succeeds in showing and telling a real story with real people in a real time."--Sharon Hashimoto, author of The Crane Wife and More American