No-no boy

John Okada

About this book

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

Subjects

  • american literature
  • concentration camps
  • conscientious objectors
  • evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
  • fiction
  • fiction, historical
  • fiction, historical, general
  • fiction, political
  • fiction, war & military
  • forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
  • history
  • japanese americans
  • open_syllabus_project
  • reading level-grade 11
  • reading level-grade 12
  • rising sun
  • world war, 1939-1945