No-No Boy

The first Japanese American novel: a powerful, radical testament to the experiences of Japanese American draft resisters in the wake of World War II

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

A Penguin Classic

After their forcible relocation to internment camps during World War II, Japanese Americans were expected to go on with their lives as though nothing had happened, assimilating as well as they could in a changed America. But some men resisted. They became known as "no-no boys," for twice having answered no on a compulsory government survey asking whether they were willing to serve in the U.S. armed forces and to swear allegiance to the United States. No-No Boy tells the story of one such… Keep Reading