Formats
Paperback/English
USD 8.20
Description
A moving story of one boy's growing-up years in post-war 1940s Singapore as he grapples with separation, loss and what it truly means to be a hero. Seven-year-old Ying Xiong looks forward to a better life in post-war Singapore after the Japanese troops' surrender in September 1945. However, a new war erupts at home when Xiong's father decides to return to his homeland in China. This tears the family apart when he takes Xiong's two elder brothers back with him, whilst Xiong and his mother remain
