“We didn't know. We didn't want to know. We never asked. All we wanted to do, now that we were back in the world, was forget.” — Julie Otsuka Copy Share Image
“In early autumn the farm recruiters arrived to sign up new workers, and the War Relocation Authority allowed many of the young men and… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
And if anyone asks, you're Chinese. The boy had nodded. "Chinese," he whispered. "I'm Chinese." "And I," said the girl, "am the Queen of… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“We praised them when they were kind to others but told them not to expect to be rewarded for their good deeds. We scolded… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“SOME SAID that the men had been put on trains and sent far away, over the mountains, to the coldest part of the country.… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“They learned that some people are born luckier than others and that things in this world do not always go as you plan. STILL” — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Don't touch me," said the girl. "I want to be sick by myself." "That's impossible," said her mother. She continued to rub her back… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“A Japanese can live on a teaspoonful of rice a day. We were the best breed of worker they had ever hired in their… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“They learned that they should always call the restaurant first. Do you serve Japanese?” — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“And if they ask you someday what it was I most wanted to say, please tell them, if you would, it was this: I'm… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Many of us had lost everything and left saying nothing at all. All of us left wearing white numbered identification tags tied to our… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Because the man who stood there before us was not our father. He was somebody else, a stranger who had been sent back in… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“ladies began boycotting our fruit stands because they were afraid our produce might be tainted with arsenic. Insurance companies canceled our insurance. Banks froze… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Their old life seemed far away and remote to him now, like a dream he could not quite remember. The bright green grass, the… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“The ads in the papers all said 'help wanted, will train,' but wherever she went she was turned down. "The position's just been filled,"… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“Or was their guilt written plainly, and for all the world to see, across their face? Was it their face, in fact, for which… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
