
Three Years and Eight Months |
Book Category:
Juvenile Fiction > Historical > Asia
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Author:
Icy Smith
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Illustrator::
Jennifer Kindert
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780985623784
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Price:
US $20.95
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Publication Year:
2013
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Publisher Info
East West Discovery Press. InquiryBased on true events during World War II, Three Years and Eight Months tells a compelling journey of hardships and human endurance of ordinary people in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation. A 10-year-old Chinese American boy secretly joins the Chinese war resistance group to help save the lives of thousands of prisoners of war, as well as allied American, British, and Canadian forces. The book features extensive historical notes and photographs documenting the Japanese occupation in Hong Kong from 1942 to 1945.
Distributors: Baker & Taylor, Follett amd Brodart
Book Review and Awards
Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award Gold Winner; Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver Medalist; Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award; Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People; etcIndependent Publisher Book Award; Moonbeam Chil