Flying kites
Subtitle: a story of the 2013 California prison hunger strike
By: by the 2018-2019 Stanford Graphic Novel Project
Publisher: Stanford University
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Stanford, California]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Hunger strikes; Comic books, strips; Prisoners; Solitary confinement
Description: 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: Chiefly illustrations.

"Researched, written and illustrated by the members of the Stanford Graphic Novel Project 2018-2019: Candice Kim, Katherine Liu, Lily Nilipour, Sarah Shourd, Lucy Zhu, Peter DiCampo, Danial Shadmany, Nik Wesson, Elena Kamas, Serena Zhang, Sharon Tran, Luke Soon-Shiong and Bae. Editors: Scott Hutchins and Shimon Tanaka. Art director: Andy Warner" --Back cover.