When We Were Young & Brave

When We Were Young & Brave
Author :
Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 448
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780062995278
ISBN-13 : 0062995278
Rating : 4/5 (278 Downloads)

Book Synopsis When We Were Young & Brave by : Hazel Gaynor

Download or read book When We Were Young & Brave written by Hazel Gaynor and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us." —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home sets her unforgettable new novel in China during WWII, inspired by true events surrounding the Japanese Army’s internment of teachers and children from a British-run missionary school. Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war. China, December 1941. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. But as she prepares to leave China, a terrible twist of fate determines a different path for Elspeth, and those in her charge. 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. Faced with the relentless challenges of oppression, the school community must rely on their courage, faith and friendships as they pray for liberation – but worse is to come when they are sent to a distant internment camp where even greater uncertainty and danger await . . . Inspired by true events, When We Were Young and Brave is an unforgettable novel about impossible choices and unimaginable hardship, and the life-changing bonds formed between a young girl and her teacher in a remote corner of a terrible war.


When We Were Young & Brave Related Books

When We Were Young & Brave
Language: en
Pages: 448
Authors: Hazel Gaynor
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-06 - Publisher: HarperCollins

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us." —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Befo
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Hazel Gaynor
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-09 - Publisher: HarperCollins

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse k
Boys Don't Cry
Language: en
Pages: 184
Authors: Fíona Scarlett
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-20 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

'I can't remember ever reading anything so moving . . . It's so beautiful.' MARIAN KEYESThey say boys don't cry.But Finn's seen his Da do it when he thinks no o
The Bird in the Bamboo Cage
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Hazel Gaynor
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-04 - Publisher: HarperCollins

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Shortlisted for the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction Book of the Year USA Today bestseller Inspired by true events 'Moving and authentic' Dinah Jefferies 'V
The Birds of Paradise
Language: en
Pages: 291
Authors: Paul Scott
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-22 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the author of The Raj Quartet, a coming-of-age tale about a boy and his childhood friendships with a British diplomat’s daughter and the son of a Raj. Th