Title: Hunt for the bamboo rat
Description: Zenji Watanabe, seventeen, is sent from Hawaii to the Philippines to spy on the Japanese during World War II and, after he is captured and tortured, must find a way to survive months of being lost in the jungle behind enemy lines.
Subjects: Spies, Prisoners of war, Survival skills, Japanese Americans, World War II, Philippines, Historical fiction
Places: Philippines
Time periods: World War II