TY - BOOK AU - Chan,Weng Wai TI - Lizard's tale SN - 9781925603910 U1 - [Fic] 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Melbourne, Victoria PB - The Text Publishing Company KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Children's fiction KW - Spies KW - Theft KW - Singapore KW - War fiction KW - lcgft N2 - 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? ER -