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Born to Fly Michael Ferrari Hardcover | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-73715-9 | July 2009 | $15.99 | Ages 8-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-90649-4 | July 2009 | $18.99 | Ages 8-12

No one ever believes Bird McGill. Not when she says she sees an underwater monster, not when she says someone followed her in the woods, and not when she says she wants to be a fighter pilot. Bird’s dad is her only friend and the only one that believes in her. But when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, he is drafted and sent away to war, leaving Bird to face the world alone. When a Japanese-American boy named Kenji starts school soon after, everyone is sure that he is a spy, and no one wants anything to do with him. After Kenji saves Bird from drowning one night, the two become friends and discover a secret submarine, a real spy in town, and a deadly plot. But Bird has cried “Wolf!” one too many times and no one believes the pair. Kenji and Bird are forced on an adventure that will test their friendship, divide loyalties, and could change the future of the war.

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Prepared by Shauna Yusko, Teacher-Librarian, Evergreen Junior High, Redmond , Washington

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