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Son of a British fighter pilot and a Tsimshian Indian, fourteen-year-old Canadian Jed is proud of his heritage and his country--until his best friend, Tadashi, a Japanese Canadian, is slated to be interned along with his family during World War II. Jed's assumptions about war, ethnicity, and fairness undergo many changes in this engaging novel.