No-No Boy

No-No Boy
First edition
AuthorJohn Okada
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical fiction
Set inSeattle, Washington (1946)
PublisherTuttle Publishing, University of Washington Press
Publication date
1957
Publication place
  • United States
  • Japan
Media typePrint
Pages260
ISBN0295955252
OCLC2945142

No-No Boy is a 1957 novel, and the only novel published by the Japanese American writer John Okada. It tells the story of a Japanese-American in the aftermath of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Set in Seattle, Washington, in 1946, the novel is written in the voice of an omniscient narrator who frequently blends into the voice of the protagonist.