War of the eagles
Record details
- ISBN: 1551438372 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 9781551438375 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (226 p.)
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electronic resource - Publisher: Victoria, BC ; Custer, WA : Orca Book Publishers, c1998.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; Title Page; CIP Page; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-One; |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Genre: | EBOOK. Electronic books. Historical fiction. |
Electronic resources
- Book Report : The Book Report Reviews 1999 May-June
This novel touches upon several themes: the environment, cultural differences, prejudices, wildlife preservation and Japanese Internment during World War II. The story is set in a small Canadian village where the inhabitants were Tsimshian Indians and Japanese fishermen. Jed and his Japanese friend Tadashi try to understand each other as well as their different cultures. Jed is the offspring of a Tsimshian mother and English father who is a pilot. Both boys are hired to work on a nearby military base. On base the boys encounter prejudice from some of the soldiers. They also discover that a bald eagle has been injured and eventually Jed becomes responsible for the eagle's welfare. As the war progresses the Japanese are forced from their homes. The author deals with the cultural differences and racism quite effectively. His descriptions of the hunting scenes are quite graphic. This book may find its audience among middle school boys. Any reader, however, who is able to get through the first chapter or two will find this to be a very informative and interesting read. Recommended. By Zenata W. Pierre, Librarian, Madison High School, Portland (Oregon) Public Schools © 1999 Linworth Publishing, Inc. - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #2 December 1998
Gr. 5^-7. The pace never flags in this tale of a Canadian teenager who comes to recognize the value of his Tsimshian heritage as he witnesses the harsh treatment meted out to citizens of Japanese descent in the opening months of World War II. With his father off fighting in the RAF, Jed and his mother move to the coastal settlement where she grew up; there, a job at the new army base nearby allows him to track the hardening attitude toward the Japanese residents of a local fishing village--all of whom are ultimately forced to evacuate. In a series of set-piece dialogues and incidents, mostly between Jed and his friend Tadashi, Walters methodically explores the anger and shame on every side that prejudiced remarks and behavior engender. Thanks to Walters' fluent storytelling, though, and several subplots, as well as some engaging banter between Jed, his fierce mother, and his wise grandmother, the lessons never weigh the story down, and although this lacks the sweeping climax that the attack on Pearl Harbor gave to Graham Salisbury's Under a Blood Red Sun (1994), Jed does in the end act on his conviction that wrong has been done. A multifaceted, well-knit story. ((Reviewed December 15, 1998)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 1999
Son of a British fighter pilot and a Tsimshian Indian, fourteen-year-old Canadian Jed is proud of his heritage and his country--until his best friend, Tadashi, a Japanese Canadian, is slated to be interned along with his family during World War II. Jed's assumptions about war, ethnicity, and fairness undergo many changes in this engaging novel. Copyright 1999 Horn Book Guide Reviews - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 1998 December
Gr 6-9-Jed Blackburn's English father is in Europe flying fighter planes for the RAF during World War II. Jed lives with his mother and grandmother, Tsimshian Indians, on the west coast of Canada. He and his mother work at an army base, where Jed, with the help of his best friend Tadashi, is nursing a bald eagle back to health after it was shot by soldiers at the base. The boy's world is severely shaken when Tadashi's family, and the entire Japanese-Canadian community, is sent to detention camps in central Canada after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This is not primarily an action-adventure story. Its strength lies in Jed's growth through the course of the novel. He confronts racism directed at him because of his native heritage and at the Japanese-Canadians, the complexity of friendship, and his own cultural identity. At the same time, he must deal with a world conflict that has taken away his father and his best friend. Jed's mother and grandmother are strong and intelligent characters who help him come to terms with these issues. A well-written and engaging book.-William C. Schadt, Glacier Park Middle School, Maple Valley, WA Copyright 1998 School Library Journal