Eyes of the Emperor
Random House Children's Books · Paperback · September 9, 2014
Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
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- Who it’s for
- A tense wartime story puts prejudice, military duty, and a dangerous assignment in the same frame.
- Themes
- Anti-Japanese discrimination, Military service, Loyalty under suspicion
- Genres
- War & Military YA, YA Pet Stories, Historical YA - Asia
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Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers. Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American soldiers on a secret mission to a small island off the coast of Mississippi. Here they are given a special job, one that only they can do. Eddy’s going to help train attack dogs.
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He’s going to be the bait.
Loyalty Under Fire
A tense wartime story puts prejudice, military duty, and a dangerous assignment in the same frame.
Come here for
- Japanese American soldiers facing suspicion from the country they serve
- A wartime training mission with one soldier cast as bait
Expect
- A focused look at loyalty under pressure
- A perilous assignment shaped by wartime distrust
Where it sits
| War & Military YA | 94% |
|---|---|
| Historical YA - Asia | 59% |
| YA Pet Stories | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- War & Military YA
- 21st-Century US YA
- Friendship for Teens
- Authors
- Graham Salisbury
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- September 9, 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Anti-Japanese discrimination · Military service · Loyalty under suspicion
- Reading lane
- War & Military YA