Jane (mahbaar) reviewed on 8/19/2010 + 111 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book has an excellent window into the public fear of the Japanese during WWII. Told mostly in a flashback format, we see a young elementary school Chinese boy who meets a Japanese girl while working in the school kitchen, and follow them as circumstances change their relationship. Well-written, but for some reason I never really connected with the main character. Perhaps if it had been written in first-person I would have been more involved in the story? I still liked the book and am glad I read it and enjoyed it.

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