Caged Eagles

The story is told from the point of view of a fourteen-year-old boy of Japanese descent during the internment in the Second World War. His father is a fisherman, as are most of the men in his community in British Columbia, so they are interrogated as possible spies. The family is shipped off with hundreds of other families to a park. Sounds good, but in actual fact, they must sleep in a barn that reeks of cattle with dozens of other families. Father is kept in a separate building and grandmother is having difficulty eating the terrible food. Tadashi was born in Canada, speaks perfect English, and Japanese, but not so with all the interned people. He meets a boy who, although he is of pure Japanese descent, cannot speak a word of show more Japanese. The elders feels dishonored. No one understands why this is being done to them, where they are to go, and what is to happen to their things and homes. Heartbreaking story of one of Canada's most shameful historical events. show less