Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima #[nn]

Keiji Nakazawa's bold, vivid cover sets the tone perfectly — a grinning, barefoot boy leaps forward with a bamboo stick raised high, his smaller companion racing cheerfully alongside through a field of tall grass, the whole scene rendered in striking blue on bright yellow. That irrepressible energy and spirit of childhood resilience is exactly what makes *Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima* such a meaningful work, bringing the human experience of wartime Hiroshima to readers through Nakazawa's deeply personal manga storytelling. Published by New Society in 1987, this edition also includes a foreword by Paula J. Paul of Educators for Social Responsibility, underscoring the book's enduring importance as both literature and a tool for thoughtful conversation.