TY - BOOK AU - Gaynor,Hazel TI - When we were young & brave: a novel SN - 9780063029491 (paperback) U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - China KW - Fiction KW - Prisoners and prisons KW - British KW - Teacher-student relationships KW - History KW - 1937-1945 KW - Large type books KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft KW - War fiction N1 - "Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war..." --Front cover; Optimized reading formats N2 - 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 ER -