Okinawan Princess: Da Legend of Hajichi Tattoos garden No-No Boy was virtually ignored

No-No Boy was virtually ignored by a public eager to put World War II and the Japanese internment behind them

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Okinawan Princess: Da Legend of Hajichi Tattoos garden No-No Boy was virtually ignoredWritten by Lee A. Tonouchi. Illustrated by Laura Kina. When Gramma notices how much her granddaughter wishes she could look like a supermodel, Gramma shares how her own mother was made fun of when she moved to Hawaii from Okinawa due to the bold blue hajichi tattoos on the back of her hands. Gramma then reveals the legend behind those mysterious markings. This trilingual story is written in Hawaii Creole, then translated into Japanese and the