Caldecott Medal

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury

 It's 1941 in Honolulu and Eddy Okubo wants to joinj the U.S. Army so badly that he lies about his age. Pearl Harbor changes the way his fellow Americans feel about him and other Japanese-Americans.  He is sent on a special assignment - training soldier dogs but he is the bait. What a powerful novel - well-researched (as is Graham Salisbury's style).  Eye-opening account of the treatment of Japanese Americans following Pearl Harbor.

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