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Hiro's war : a novel / Rebecca Taniguchi.

by Taniguchi, Rebecca, author.

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St. Charles, Illinois : Gaman Publishing, [2021]

Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States -- Fiction.

Minorities -- United States -- Fiction.

Justice -- Fiction.

Forgiveness -- Fiction.

9781737070405 (paperback) :

1737070405 (paperback) :

418 pages ; 23 cm

"Aging World War II veteran Hiroshi Koga tells his life story, from the days he and other nisei--second-generation Japanese Americans--and their issei parents are thrown into U.S. internment camps because of their race. Volunteering from behind barbed wire to serve the country that imprisoned him, feisty Hiroshi becomes a highly decorated staff sergeant while suffering further injustice and the loss of his dear friend. Years after the war, a subdued Hiro meets with his old lieutenant, Toshio Ando, and both men acknowledge that they are haunted by their inability to put an end to the inequity and by their roles in the death of their comrade. As the nation debates redress for the internment, Hiro and Ando struggle to right the wrongs of the past and forgive themselves and each other. Secrets long held by the government and by Ando, Hiro, and Hiro's wife are exposed, inflicting pain while offering a challenging path toward redemption. Using the hero's journey motif to its fullest, Hiro's War evolves from a wartime coming-of-age saga into a search for peace on a personal and national level. The novel is essential reading for all Americans at a time when minorities are again shunned as outsiders, and a great choice for high school teachers and teens who are interested in learning more about this shameful chapter of U.S. history."-- Publisher.

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