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1) A boy in war
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
In a shockingly honest narrative, a former prisoner-of-war tells how her family, along with ten thousand other Dutch residents living in the Dutch East Indies were shipped off to interment camps where food rationing, terrible sanitary conditions, and an uncertain future were the norms for more than three years.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this memoir a young man comes of age in an age of violence, brutality, and war. Recounting his experiences during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, this account brings to life the shocking day-to-day conditions in a Japanese labor camp and provides an intimate look at the collapse of Dutch colonial rule." "As a boy growing up on the island of Java, John Stutterheim spent hours exploring his exotic surroundings, taking walks with...
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