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Flying kites : a story of the 2013 California prison hunger strike / by Stanford Graphic Novel Project.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stanford University. Graphic Novel Project, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunger strikes--California--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Hunger strikes.
- Prisoners--California--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Prisoners.
- Solitary confinement--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Solitary confinement.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Fiction
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- After guards find a book in his cell containing the penciled name of a suspected gang member, Rodrigo Santiago is "validated" for gang affiliation and sent to indefinite solitary confinement in the Pelican Bay State Prison Secure Housing Unit, or SHU. Meanwhile a bold, state-wide hunger strike in California prisons gathers force. Gang enmities are set aside. Improbable alliances are forged. Activists and prisoner families organize on the outside. Based on the events of the historic 2013 California prison hunger strike, Flying Kites is a story about resilience, forgiveness, hope, and what it means to find your own voice
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-64259-514-4
- 9781642595147
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