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Lizard's tale

Chan, Weng Wai (author.).

Summary: It's Singapore in 1940, war is just around the corner, but twelve-year-old Lizard doesn't know that. He lives in Chinatown above a tailor's shop, surviving on his wits and hustling for odd jobs. When he steals a small teak box containing a Japanese code book from a Raffles Hotel suite, he finds himself in a dangerous world of wartime espionage. Lizard doesn't know who to trust. How is the mysterious book inside the box connected to his friend Lili, a girl full of secrets and fighting skills? Can he trust her, or will she betray him in the end?

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  • ISBN: 9781925603910
  • ISBN: 1925603911
  • Physical Description: print
    312 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria ; London : The Text Publishing Company, 2019.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Novel for children.
Author lives in New Zealand.
Awards Note:
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award For Junior Fiction Winner 2020

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