War of the eagles

Title
War of the eagles

Personal Author EPSB
Eric, Walters

Summary
Jed, living with his mother in Canada while his English father serves as a fighter pilot during World War II, takes pride in his mixed heritage and his country, but his loyalties are tested when his best friend, Tadashi, a Japanese boy, is declared an enemy alien.

Year Published
1998

Physical Description
224 p. ; 19 cm.

Note (Local)
Book
 
[w] 2--Sept/99.

Reading Grade level
4.5

Age Interest level
12-15.

Grade Interest level
Gr. 7-10.

Awards
Honour Book of the Year, Canadian Library Association

Subject
Racially mixed children -- Fiction.
 
Tsimshian (First Nations people) -- Fiction.
 
Haida (First Nations people) -- Fiction.
 
Japanese Canadians -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
 
Racism -- Fiction.
 
Friendship -- Fiction.
 
High interest -- low vocabulary books.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
 
Native Americans -- British Columbia -- Fiction.
 
Canadian fiction.
 
Japanese Canadians -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
British Columbia -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction.

Summary
Jed, living with his mother in Canada while his English father serves as a fighter pilot during World War II, takes pride in his mixed heritage and his country, but his loyalties are tested when his best friend, Tadashi, a Japanese boy, is declared an enemy alien.

ISBN
9781551430997

Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers, 1998.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieFIC WALBook30522000335411Historical Fiction