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Book SynopsisTwo young Americans must evade capture by Axis soldiers--and outlast the brutal Alaskan winter--in this thrilling historical novel which shines a light on a little-known facet of World War II.Fourteen-year-old Matt never wanted to come to the remote Aleutian Islands--he was dragged here by his father for reasons he can''t understand. Eleven-year-old Izzy, on the other hand, loves it--the wild weather, the strange birds, all the new people she''s meeting. The two have little in common, except their hometown--they certainly aren''t friends.
But when Japanese soldiers land on the island, Izzy and Matt are the only ones who escape being shipped off to a prison camp. The two kids must put their differences aside and work together if they''re going to survive. With a long, harsh winter ahead of them, they''ll need to dodge Axis soldiers and withstand Allied bombing raids--and keep the village dog from giving them away to the enemy, too.
Told in alternating po
