
This month's novel takes us on a Journey to British Columbia. It is 1941 in the midst of World War II where we meet 14-year-old Jed. Jed is a proud Canadian, the son of a British fighter pilot and a Native Canadian woman of theTsimshian tribe. Jed's pride in his Canadian Heritage gets a wake up call however, when his best friend Tadashi, a Japanese Canadian, is interned in a concentration camp, along with other members of the nearby Japanese village. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese are declared enemy aliens and told to prepare to leave their homes, Jed must ask himself where his allegiance belongs. Will he pledge allegiance to his friend or his country? Will he find the answer in his heart and soul...