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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Library will join more than 140 libraries across California, Oregon, and Washington this spring for the largest book club on the West Coast, with themed events taking place from late March through May 2026.
“One Book, One Coast” is a shared community reading program that celebrates literacy, learning, community, and civil discourse.
Stretching from California’s southern border to the northmost tip of Washington state, One Book, One Coast, or OBOC, is a brand-new, multistate community reading initiative that brings readers together around a shared book, sparking conversation, programs and reflection across the West Coast.
All participating libraries will read and discuss “They Called Us Enemy” by George Takei, Steven Scott and Justin Eisinger, and illustrated by Harmony Becker. Physical copies of the book will be available to borrow as early as Saturday, March 28.
What happens when fear and prejudice become government policy? In “They Called Us Enemy,” George Takei shares his childhood experience of being incarcerated with his family in U.S. camps during World War II.
Told through the graphic memoir format, the book follows Takei from early childhood to his later understanding of what it meant to lose his home, freedom, and civil rights. Clear, powerful, and deeply human, “They Called Us Enemy” connects personal memory to American history, showing how injustice leaves lasting marks on individuals, families, and communities.
George Takei is an actor, author, and activist best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek. He is the author of the graphic memoir “They Called Us Enemy,” which recounts his childhood incarceration in U.S. camps during World War II. Takei has spent decades advocating for civil rights, democracy, and social justice, drawing on his own life experience to speak out against racism and the erosion of constitutional freedoms.
He is also the author of “To the Stars,” “My Lost Freedom” and “Lions and Tigers and Bears,” and is a recipient of the Japanese American National Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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