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No-No Boy Summary & Study Guide Description
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Immediately after the close of World War II, in a small community in Seattle, Washington once known as "Jap Town," many Japanese Americans are returning after serving in the armed forces, from serving sentences in jail for refusing to enlist in the draft, or being forced to move to "Relocation Camps." One conscientious objector, a young man named Ichiro searches for acceptance in the country in which he was born.
When he arrives at his parents' grocery store there is little warmth. Instead, his mother shows him a letter that she feels proves Japan won the war and that a ship will arrive soon to take victorious Japanese citizens home to Japan. His father now drinks to try to forget the Japanese situation and the tension between his wife and his son.
Ochiro meets several of old friends, each with their own way of dealing with the problem of...
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