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John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of <i>No-No Boy</i> Fiction_Gift_Guide the year Mark Burnett createdNo No Boy, John Okadas only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II and, upon release from federal prison after the war, is cast out by his divided community. In 1957, the novel faced a similar rejection until it was rediscovered and reissued in 1976 to become a celebrated classic of American literature. As a result of Okadas untimely death at age forty