“Deftlyupendsthecompliantnarrativewithimpeccablydocumentedstoriesofresistanceandrebellion...Madeurgentyetagain,thetrio’scourageousrefusalstoaccepttheU.S.--their!--government’sheinousmiscarriageofjusticeshouldirrefutablyemboldennewgenerations...Theircollectivehistorywillresonatewitholderteens.Alsohighlyrecommendedforhigh-schoolandcollegeclassrooms.“--TerryHong,Booklist“Itleavesyousimultaneouslyfurious,questioningideasofloyaltyandcitizenship...anddeeplymoved.Mayallofuslearn,andshare,thesestories.“--MoiraMacdonald,TheSeattleTimesThreevoices.Threeactsofdefiance.Onemassinjustice.Thestoryofcampasyou’veneverseenitbefore.JapaneseAmericanscompliedwhenevictedfromtheirhomesinWorldWarII--butmanyrefusedtosubmittoimprisonmentinAmericanconcentrationcampswithoutafight.Inthisgroundbreakinggraphicnovel,meetJIMAKUTSU,theinspirationforJohnOkada’sNo-NoBoy,whorefusestobedraftedfromthecampatMinidokawhenclassifiedasanon-citizen,anenemyalien;HIROSHIKASHIWAGI,whoresistsgovernmentpressuretosignaloyaltyoathatTuleLake,butyieldstofamilypressuretorenouncehisU.S.citizenship;andMITSUYEENDO,areluctantrecruittoalawsuitcontestingherimprisonment,whorefusesachancetoleavethecampatTopazsothathercasecouldreachtheU.S.SupremeCourt.Baseduponpainstakingresearch,WeHerebyRefusepresentsanoriginalvisionofAmerica’spastwithdisturbinglinkstotheAmericanpresent.
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