Lizard's tale /
Chan, Weng Wai,
Lizard's tale / Weng Wai Chan. - 312 pages ; 20 cm
Author lives in New Zealand.
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?
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award For Junior Fiction Winner 2020
9781925603910 1925603911
Spies - Fiction.
Nineteen forties--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Boys--Singapore--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Chinatown (Singapore)--Juvenile fiction.
Spy fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Lizard's tale / Weng Wai Chan. - 312 pages ; 20 cm
Author lives in New Zealand.
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?
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award For Junior Fiction Winner 2020
9781925603910 1925603911
Spies - Fiction.
Nineteen forties--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Boys--Singapore--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Chinatown (Singapore)--Juvenile fiction.
Spy fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.