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Endgame: the secret Force 136 / Catherine Little ; illustrated by Sean Huang.
"While Endgame: the secret force 136 is fictional it is based on historical events....In the first years of World War II, many Chinese Canadians tried to enlist, but most were turned away or ignored. This changed in the last years of the war when Chinese Canadians were recruited to join Force 136. Force 136 was part of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II"-- Excerpted from Historical notes, page 26.
In Endgame: The Secret Force 136 Alex’s imagination takes him to medieval Chinese battlefields as he learns to play Xiangqi (Chinese chess) with his great-grandfather, Tai Gong. In the months that they spend over the chessboard, Alex comes to understand the important strategies that guided Tai Gong and his decisions as he navigated life as a Chinese Canadian in an anti-Asian era in Canada. In the process, Alex learns about the mysterious Force 136 and the sacrifices its members made to show their loyalty to a country that had utterly disregarded them.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781738898244 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 30 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
- Publisher: [place of publication not identified] : Plumleaf Press, [2023]
- Copyright: 2023
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| General Note: | Includes historical notes (p. 26-29) |
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| Kitimat Public Library | J 971.004 Lit (Text) | 32665002360560 | Juvenile Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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