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No-no boy

by John Okada

Cover of No-no boy
Popularity 85

A Japanese-American decides not to serve in the war. The book unfolds the societal and familial consequences he faces for that decision.

Japanese AmericansFictionopen_syllabus_projectrising sunConcentration campsEvacuation and relocation, 1942-1945Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 12Fiction, historicalFiction, politicalFiction, war & militaryAmerican literature