I'm all in favor of giving zero stars. Amazon, please could you make this an option. I am not a japanese-american, but i cannot imagine that this book could be thought of as a good recommendation for a history class! None of the characters are developed to any significant degree and i could not interest myself in it enough to even think of reading it again. I'm surprised that i even made it to the end of the book-it was difficult, i assure you.