Caged Eagles

When Canada went to war with Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Canadians of Japanese descent were declared "Enemy Aliens." Without recourse of any kind, they were forced to leave their homes along with the British Columbia coast, their possessions were sold, and their rights as citizens denied. Caged Eagles follows fourteen-year-old Tadashi Fukushima and his family as they embark on a tortuous physical and emotional journey. Along with neighbours from their remote village on the northern BC coast, they travel by fishing boat to Vancouver, where they are placed in detention in Hastings Park, the Pacific National Exhibition ground, and forced to live in cattle stalls. For Tadashi detention becomes both an adventure and a dilemma as he struggles to understand the undercurrents of racism and injustice that have overtaken his life and those of his community.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 01/01/2001
ISBN: 9781551431390
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.43h x 4.94w x 0.57d

Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 87 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 87 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 40425 / Caged Eagles
Reading Level: 4.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 11