Island WarAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 23 October 2018
Description
Two young Americans must evade capture by Axis soldiers--and outlast the brutal Alaskan winter--in this thrilling historical novel which shines a light on a little-known facet of World War II.
Fourteen-year-old Matt never wanted to come to the remote Aleutian Islands--he was dragged here by his father for reasons he cant understand. Eleven-year-old Izzy, on the other hand, loves it--the wild weather, the strange birds, all the new people shes meeting. The two have little in common, except their hometown--they certainly arent friends.
But when Japanese soldiers land on the island, Izzy and Matt are the only ones who escape being shipped off to a prison camp. The two kids must put their differences aside and work together if theyre going to survive. With a long, harsh winter ahead of them, theyll need to dodge Axis soldiers and withstand Allied bombing raids--and keep the village dog from giving them away to the enemy, too.
Told in alternating point-of-view chapters, Island War is set amidst the Japanese occupation of the remote Aleutian Islands--the only foreign invasion of the United States that took place during World War II. Fans of Hatchet and Julie of the Wolves will be riveted by two-time Newbery Honoree Patricia Reilly Giffs thrilling story of survival, resilience, and the power of cooperation.
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