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Lizard's tale / Weng Wai Chan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2019Description: 312 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781925603910
  • 1925603911
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
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?
List(s) this item appears in: Hāwera Reading Vine | Hāwera Reading Vine - Mystery Stories | Hāwera Reading Vine - Historical Fiction | Hāwera Reading Vine - New Zealand Fiction
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's fiction Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's Children's fiction CHAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available i2190892
Children's fiction Pātea LibraryPlus Children's Children's fiction CHAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available i2199660
Children's fiction Stratford Children's Children's fiction CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00869726
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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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