Ever since she can remember, Bird has loved flying in small propeller airplanes with her mechanic dad. When the local airstrip is turned into a military flight school, Bird is in heaven—and she manages to turn one young airman's interest in her older sister into some personal flight lessons. Then a young Japanese American student named Kenji Fujita joins Bird's class, and the entire school seems to be convinced that he's a spy, a secret agent, or at the very least, that he and his uncle want the Japanese to win. But through a class project, Bird and Kenji befriend each other and accidentally discover real spy activity in the area. So begins an adventure that will shake the town and may even change the future of the United States.
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“Bird McGill
loves nothing more than flying with her dad, an airplane mechanic who is
the only one who believes in her dream of becoming a P-40 Warhawk
fighter pilot. Narrator Rachel Delude adopts just the right amount of
spunkiness for this eleven-year-old tomboy. After the attack on Pearl
Harbor, her dad is drafted. Then Bird befriends the new
Japanese-American student, Kenji, and they uncover a deadly plot against
the nation. Delude conveys the prejudice of the emotionally charged
townspeople with perfection, particularly the bully, Farley. Listeners
will be entranced by Delude’s talent for delivering young and old
voices, the mocking tones of the defense attorney, and the tension of
the nail-biting climax.”
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