Born to Fly By Michael Ferrari
Growing up in Rhode Island in the 1940s, Bird McGill longs to be a pilot. When a young Japanese-American boy joins her class, everyone suspects him of being a spy, but it is up to Bird and Kenji to discover the real spy.
Bird McGill has always wanted to be a pilot, and then one day a Japanese boy joins her school every one thinks he was a spy but no he wasn’t. but when Bird and Kenji find the real spy they couldn’t believe it, Bird secretly gets trapped in by the spy but gets away and in the end the spy gets arrested and all is safe, and to learn about it better read Born To Fly
I really enjoyed this book. Bird McGill has always dreamed of flying a P-40 fighter plane engine. Her father(the only one who believes she can do it)goes off to fight in a war against the Japenese and crashes his plane into the ocean. Kenji, a Japenese boy who joins her class, forms a friendship with Bird. Farley Peck, a bully from their school,laying dead in the water and accuses Kenji’s uncle. Bird runs into the real killer, who thretens to kill her family if she tells anyone. She finds out who it is, she also finds out that he is trying to kill the president and does everything she can to try to stop him. When he is caught, they appoligize for accusing Kenji’s uncle and Bird and Kenji now known as heros.