When we were young & brave : a novel / World War, 1939-1945 British Teacher-student relationships
Gaynor, Hazel,
When we were young & brave : a novel / When we were young and brave : a novel. Hazel Gaynor. - Large print edition. - 515 pages ; 23 cm. -
"Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war..." --Front cover. Optimized reading formats.
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.
9780063029491 (paperback)
World War, 1939-1945--China--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Fiction.
British--China--Fiction.
Teacher-student relationships--Fiction.
China--History--1937-1945--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
813.6
When we were young & brave : a novel / When we were young and brave : a novel. Hazel Gaynor. - Large print edition. - 515 pages ; 23 cm. -
"Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war..." --Front cover. Optimized reading formats.
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.
9780063029491 (paperback)
World War, 1939-1945--China--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Fiction.
British--China--Fiction.
Teacher-student relationships--Fiction.
China--History--1937-1945--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
813.6