In the Eye of War by Margaret and Raymond Chang

In the Eye of War by Margaret and Raymond Chang

197 pages

Fascinating book.

(from jacket cover)

To ten-year-old Shao-shao, the increasingly frequent air raids by American bombers striking at targets near Japanese-occupied Shanghai during the last year of World War II were both frightening and exciting. Shanghai was in the eye of war and the battle storm could hit at any time. The youngest in a large family, Shao-shao went to school every day, played with his fr4iends, and studies.

No matter how hard Shao-shao studies, his stern father was never satisfied. Shao-shao's resentment came to a head when his father forbade him to keep a brilliantly colored bird he had bought. But slowly, through odd happenings at home, Shao-shao came to understand that his father was active int he underground movement against the Japanese invaders. Overshadowing the routines of daily life, the war drew ever closer-until the extraordinary day when the Emperor of Japan surrendered and advance units of American soldiers rolled in to the city.