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Hunt for the Bamboo Rat
Hunt for the Bamboo Rat
Reviewed by: Karen Sandlin Silverman - Scarborough High School, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: January 12, 2015
Review
Based on a true story, this historical novel is set in the Pacific during World War II. Zenji Watanabe is only 17 when he is recruited to join the United States army as a spy (code name: The Bamboo Rat). Zenji, born in Honolulu to Japanese parents, is the perfect recruit as he speaks fluent English and Japanese and was an excellent junior ROTC student in high school. He is sent to the Philippines just before the attack on Pearl Harbor, is captured by the Japanese, and escapes into the jungle. Includes a glossary of Hawaiian, Ibaloi, and Japanese terms, a bibliography, and a map. Latest installment in the Prisoners of the Empire series.
Cream of the Crop nominee
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Salisbury, Graham
Illustrator: ,
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Boooks
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: historical fiction
Audience: grades 7-9,grades 10-12
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: excellent
ISBN: 978037584266-5
Price: 16.99