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9789815162073

Little Hero

by Lim-Leh, Emily
  • ISBN13:

    9789815162073

  • ISBN10:

    9815162071

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2024-04-30
  • Publisher: Penguin Books

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Summary

A moving story of one boy’ s growing-up years in post-war 1940s Singapore as he grapples with separation, loss and what it truly means to be a hero. Seven-year-old Ying Xiong looks forward to a better life in post-war Singapore after the Japanese troops’ surrender in September 1945.   However, a new war erupts at home when Xiong’ s father decides to return to his homeland in China. This tears the family apart when he takes Xiong’ s two elder brothers back with him, whilst Xiong and his mother remain in Singapore.   Xiong navigates his childhood years alone in a poor neighbourhood as his mother ekes out a livelihood for them. He makes a friend in Kampung Silat, follows a fearsome teenage gangster in Silat Road and gets to know a brave police inspector who becomes his neighbour. Through all this, Xiong comes to realise what it takes to be a hero, which is also the meaning of his name Ying Xiong.

Author Biography

Emily Lim-Leh lost her voice to a rare voice affliction Spasmodic Dysphonia in 1998. In her journey to recover her lost voice, she found a new God-given voice in writing when she emerged a winner in the Singapore Book Council’ s First-Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative in 2007 for her debut picture book, Prince Bear & Pauper Bear. She followed this with three more Toy titles, and her Toys series has since been translated into four languages and published in six countries.

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