Chapter 12 Mr. Mizuno bows to both Obaachan and Terri. We were the ones who left you. This book was based on the real life shooting of a Japanese exchange student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Peairs shot and killed Hattori. He was acquitted.
Students discuss the difference between real and fictional events.
Obaachan's confrontation of the crowd. Students choose one of these and explain how events could easily have gone another way. Throughout history, hate groups have drawn their membership from the ranks of the uninformed and dissatisfied. Discuss why these groups are so dangerous. Students bring to school articles chronicling violence, crime, and the activities of supremacists.