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Reviewed on September 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 5 Up—Zenji Watanabe is Nisei, an American with Japanese parents, living in Honolulu on the eve of World War II. As tensions are rising between his parents' homeland and his own, his old ROTC commander offers him secret work away fro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2014
In August 1941, seventeen-year-old Zenji Watanabe is out of high school and ready to make a future for himself. He is Nisei, speaks perfect English and Japanese, and is recruited by the U.S. Army as a special undercover intelligence agent working in Manila, code name: Bamboo Rat. It's a dangerous assignment to be in the Philippines on the eve of Japanese invasion and imminent American involvement. He's American, bu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
In 1941, seventeen-year-old Zenji Watanabe is recruited by the U.S. Army as a special undercover intelligence agent working in Ma...Log In or Sign Up to Read More