Bibliograph

When we were young & brave, a novel, Hazel Gaynor

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When we were young & brave, a novel, Hazel Gaynor

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

When we were young & brave

Responsibility statement

Hazel Gaynor

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"China, December 1941. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. But as she prepares to leave China, a terrible twist of fate determines a different path for Elspeth, and those in her charge. Ten-year-old Nancy Plummer has always felt safe at Chefoo School, protected by her British status. But when Japan declares war on Britain and America, Japanese forces take control of the school and the security and comforts Nancy and her friends are used to are replaced by privation, uncertainty and fear. Now the enemy, and separated from their parents, the children look to their teachers - to Miss Kent and her new Girl Guide patrol especially - to provide a sense of unity and safety. Faced with the relentless challenges of oppression, the school community must rely on their courage, faith and friendships as they pray for liberation - but worse is to come when they are sent to a distant internment camp where even greater uncertainty and danger await . . ."--, Amazon

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Part I: Occupation -- Part II: Internment -- Part III: Liberation -- Part IV: Remembrance --Epilogue

Target audience

adult

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When we were young and brave

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