The Little Captive
14 August 2014
Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
'I took hold of the fence and pressed my face into the wire, asking myself what I had done to be made a prisoner?'
On the Indonesian island of Java, eight-year-old Lise enjoys a happy childhood, thousands of miles away from the war raging in Europe. Then, one day in 1942, her friends and neighbours start to disappear.
For two years, Lise...
Details
14 August 2014
304 pages
9781447273561
Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Unflinching . . . a devastating portrayal of a child's loss of innocenceThe Observer