num_pages: 229
description: Eddy Okana 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 train attack dogs. He's going to be the bait.
language: English
title: Eyes of the Emperor
titlecomplete: Eyes of the Emperor (Prisoners of the Empire, #2)
characters: Eddy Okana
genres: Asian Literature, Historical, Dogs, Cultural, World War II, Teen, Young Adult, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 886
places: Mississippi
series: Prisoners of the Empire
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Laurel Leaf