Hunt for the Bamboo Rat

by Graham Salisbury

Book Overview

"A gripping saga of wartime survival." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred

Based on a true story, this World War II novel by Scott O'Dell Award winner Graham Salisbury tells how Zenji, 17, is sent from Hawaii to the Philippines to spy on the Japanese.

Zenji Watanabe was born in Hawaii. He's an American, but the Japanese wouldn't know it by the look of him. And that's exactly what the US government is counting on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375842675
• ISBN13: 9780375842672
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher