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Eyes of the Emperor (Readers Circle)
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Graham Salisbury (Goodreads Author)
Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers.
Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American soldiers on a secret mission to a small island off the coast of Mississippi....more
Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American soldiers on a secret mission to a small island off the coast of Mississippi....more
Mass Market Paperback, 229 pages
Published
December 24th 2008
by Laurel Leaf
(first published August 9th 2005)
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i curse my elementary and high school education because it failed to teach me cool shit about world war II. or anything that wasn't related to the damn 13 colonies.i know everything there is to know about the mating rituals of the quakers (zzzzzzzzzzz) but i have no idea who won the civil war.
here are some things i have just learned today:
hawaii is moving toward japan at the rate of almost 4 inches per year - snapple plum-a-granate tea cap
during world war II,...more
here are some things i have just learned today:
hawaii is moving toward japan at the rate of almost 4 inches per year - snapple plum-a-granate tea cap
during world war II,...more
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I was so upset during and after reading this book that my government would do such a thing, that multiple people including doctors, would think and carry out such a stupid plan. Different races of people do not smell different! What men, following orders so they would be serving their country, stupid as it is, even while most other Americans would have spat on their faces or locked them up in camps. I wondered while reading this book how many other Americans not pictured in movies or popular ...more
What I thought about this book was that Eddy Okubo had a very smart decision because he wanted to become an American solider fighting against the Japanese because Japan was bombing Pearl Harbor so he wanted to help the Americans. Even though Eddy is Japanese, he is a true American and a true warrior because he didn't help his country he exactly helped the Americans who were getting bombed because he didn't like what the Japanese were doing. If I would Eddy Okubo I would be very courageous to go ...more
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Just finished reading this last night. I read it for "Battle of the Books" at my school. I'm on a teacher team. All the books this year are Oregonion authors. Some better than others. This one keeps you going through the whole story. A 16 year old Japanese-American boy in Hawaii joins the army right before the attack on Pearl Harbor. I expected a book about the internment camps during the war. What I got was a far more vibrant story. It was difficult to read at times for me because of ...more
A fascinating look into a slice of WWII history that most Americans aren't aware of. The story centers around Eddy, a Japanese American who joined the Army just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Eddy and other Japanese Americans are immediately feared and sequestered from other Americans. The surreal quality of "But I'm an American soldier!!" was the clear cry of Eddy and his friends. Only when they are sent on a bizarre mission, one of bigotry and fear, Eddy has the chance to pro...more
This is a companion book by the same author of "Under the Blood-Red Sun". It realistically portrays a true and horrifying US Army experiment during WWII. 26 Hawaiian soldiers of Japanese descent are chosen for a secret experiment because they are of Japanese ancestry, after they have been humiliated and degraded by the army following Pearl Harbor. I won't spoil it, but as I listened to the book, it accurately portrayed the fear of the soldiers as they obeyed their orders and I wonde...more
I really like this book. I have actually read it about four times now. I teach U.S. History and have my kids read it while we are studying World War II. Even my non-readers really get into this book. By their junior year of high school the kids have learned about the Holocaust a lot. This is an area of U.S. History that many would rather just skip right over. However, I feel that it is important for our young adults to learn about the bravery of these men and how our government treated them...more
Eyes of the Emperor By: Graham Salisbury Book Review Brian Bredemann
Reading 8-McG
Book Review 4/4/08
If you love to read history and adventure, then you will enjoy Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury. The historical fiction book is about sixteen year-old Eddy Okubo, a Hawaiian-American living with his family in Oahu in 1941, who is part- American and part-Japanese. He has two best friends, Chik & Cobra who are both eighteen.
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Reading 8-McG
Book Review 4/4/08
If you love to read history and adventure, then you will enjoy Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury. The historical fiction book is about sixteen year-old Eddy Okubo, a Hawaiian-American living with his family in Oahu in 1941, who is part- American and part-Japanese. He has two best friends, Chik & Cobra who are both eighteen.
...more
A great piece of historical fiction for young teens on a topic that I know was never discussed in any of the history classes I took in school. Clear and easy to read. Truly enjoyed that the author made it so easy for the reader to hear what was being felt. Thank you to the author for writing this book. This book is wonderful for prompting discussions on how people handle their fear in times of war and sterotyping.
This book is totally good! Starts out a little sucky, but it only gets better and better. Yeah, the Japanese were very "mean" to bomb Pearl Harbor and to be killing the Chinese like how they did. However, you can never say that all Japanese are bad. It's like Hitler was killing Jews, but you can't say that all Germans are bad. America did wrong to assume that the Japanese Americans were on the side of Japan. Great book!
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This was a very entertaining book that put me back into 1941 and 1942. This is an historical fiction that highlights the plight of American soldiers of Japanese decent. Covers a mission that they were asked to fulfill that seemed degrading and embarrassing to them and the struggles they went through internally to understand why their country was treating them as second class soldiers.
Here's the truth about this book. Eyes of the Emperor is an amazing idea and premise for a book, but Salisbury doesn't write it well. The book is only 222 pages, but it's spaced out into 44 chapters. The author can't keep an idea, scene or thought for longer than two paragraphs and uses the same imagery for every setting change. His dialogue is decent; his characters are so-so, but taking a look into the Pearl Harbor bombings and the eventual starting of WWII from the Japanese perspective was a ...more
I think this book wasn't as catchy as i thought it would be. The reason why it wasn't catchy was because of how eddy talks, him and all the japs they leave out words. I think the Aurthur should have gone more in depth to the war and how the war destroyed the lives of so many good soldiers.
This book takes place just as WWII is starting. It captures the events through the eyes of American Japanese. The events portrayed about Japanese soldiers in the war were terrible. I almost wish I didn't know what they were forced to do. Not our country's greatest moment.
Heart-warming book that gives you the insight of Japanese-Americans that were mistreated during WW2. A must read, and a very good cultural novel. The distinct qualities of a Japanese-American and a Japanese that were portrayed will indefinitely tell you something!
Salisbury has written a book that requires understanding what happened in 1941, before and after. I read the book with my eyes wide open and found that the author did his homework and was able to present history to the reader while entertaining them with truth.
Graham Salisbury writes some of the best young adult historical fiction out there. This book is another example of his great style: clean, easy-to-read, yet full of good, solid information and with such terrific timing that it's hard to set it down for even a moment.
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I enjoyed this novel due to me actually being born in hawaii and seeing how the setting is. My grandfather was just like the main character a japanese man fighting for the US in WW2. I have actually been to many of the places in the book because im from hawaii. I especialy like this book because it reminds me of home.
It was a quick easy read, but I wish I would've felt more connected to the characters. The story line is interesting to know about. I have to keep in mind it is a Juvenille Book- I just wanted more depth.
I didn't really think that it has that great of a plot. It was just them going to Cat Island, and then doing the trainging with the dogs until the program was terminated and then that was the end.
This is a historical fiction story anyone could enjoy through the many action filled events that occured throughout the book. I would definetly recommend it to anyone.
A glimpse of what life was like for Japanese-American soldiers during WWII. A story that needs to be told. Quick, easy reading.
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This book takes place during World War II. If your like me and enjoy reading fictional books during World War II, this is the book for you. It's totally different from what you would expect from looking at the front cover. The main character is a 16 year old how lives in Hawaii with his parents how came to America from Japan before his brother and him were born. After he sees the Japenese planes flying over his house to bomb Pearl Harbor, he joins the U.S. army to make money for his family, an...more
Salisbury shares the forgotten story of Japanese-American soldiers who were used as bait for training attack dogs during World War II.
It is a nice book for those that like war stories. I think that the ending is a little dumb.
It was a read-aloud book in English okay? I really liked the story,and the characters seemed real to me.
This was a great book. Loved the history aspect.
This book is about 16 year old (who's name I forget)in WW11. He lives with his family in the hills of Honolulu. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor he loins the Army. He is shipped from Honolulu to Cat Island in Mississippi where he undergoes boot camp and dog training. This book is a little bit intense with violence so would only reccomend this book to people who like books where there are some sad and violence.
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Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers.
Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American soldiers on a secret mission to a small island off the coast of Mississippi. Here they are given a special job, one that only they can do. Eddy's going to help ...more
Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers.
Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American soldiers on a secret mission to a small island off the coast of Mississippi. Here they are given a special job, one that only they can do. Eddy's going to help ...more
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Graham Salisbury comes from a 100-year line of newspapermen, all associated with Hawaii's morning paper, the Honolulu Advertiser. Although a career as a newsman could have been possible, Salisbury chose to imagine rather than report. "I enjoy writing about characters who might have been. To me, exploring fictional themes, situations, and lives is a quietly exhilarating experience. There are t...more
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