Prisoners of the empire
Author
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 1
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 2
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II.
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 3
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Over a year after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Tomi's father and grandfather, Tomi and his friends, battling anti-Japanese-American sentiment in Hawaii, try to find a way to salvage his father's sunken fishing boat.
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 4
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Zenji Watanabe, seventeen, is sent from Hawaii to the Philippines to spy on the Japanese during World War II and, after he is captured and tortured, must find a way to survive months of being lost in the jungle behind enemy lines.