Since seeing the film of the same name starring and introducing Christian Bale, I have been interested in this story. I read it this summer, after realizing that I have it in our school library.
It is the story of a boy in Shanghai, as the war starts and the Japanese invade. He is separated from his parents and ends up in a camp nearby. It is hard to read because it is frank and realistic. Jim is a great character, strong and resilient. It must be the story of the author, as there are so many details that only one who has lived that particular experience could re-tell so well. I liked it a lot, but at times wanted the war to end so that Jim could get back to his parents and to a life worth living. Jim loved the war though, and all the weird things that happened, but the starvation and violence takes it toll on him as it does the reader.
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