The Minamata Story: An Ecotragedy

by Sean Michael Wilson

2022 Skipping Stones Honor Awards Recipient 2021 NCTAsia Freeman Award Honorable Mention

The true story of how one Japanese village suffered and survived the mercury poisoning of its waters.

A powerful graphic novel/manga that tells the story of "Minamata disease," a debilitating and sometimes fatal condition caused by the Chisso chemical factory's careless release of methylmercury into the waters of the coastal community...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611720567
• ISBN13: 9781611720563
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12