Customer Reviews
Futility of war and its humane side - By: Jay, 28 Mar 2007 
I received this book from my best friend at the time as a school leaving present. This is a story about the humane face of war; one where innocence reigns above bullets & human oppression. It tells the tale of a young orphaned boy during wartime, who is "adopted" by the enemy soldiers.
Love this Book! - By: , 25 Jan 2004 
I had this book read to me by my teacher in Primary School & I loved it so much I bought a copy to read as an adult, It is probably one of the most memorable books I had read to me as a child & I would definitely recommend it! Meindert De jong is a terrific author- would also recommend Hurry Home Candy by the same author!
I can still taste the chocolate nearly thirty years later - By: , 06 Aug 2000 As a late starter to enjoying reading books, this was one of the very first books I read by choice. I laughed & cried, & nearly thirty years later I imagine I can still taste the ration chocolate they ate. I remember distinctly the feeling of loss when I finished reading the story. I shalll be getting it for my children to read. I honestly believe this had a great effect on making me into someone who loves to read. Everyone should read it - I know I shalll do so again.
An enchanting tale from a tragic conflict. - By: , 16 Dec 1999 I chose this book as my School Prize when I was 11 years old. It tells the tale of a young orphaned boy during wartime, who is "adopted" by the enemy soldiers. It's underlying theme is the futility of war, & how conflict & distance from home can somehow lift the colour of love & compassion, into the jagged stark emotions of war. It seems more beautiful now, than it did when I was 11. Then it was just a great book, that I read & then went & did something else.
My sixth grade teacher read this to our class - By: , 04 May 1999 My sixth grade teacher read this to our class twenty-five years ago. It's a story about a Chinese boy adopted by sixty American pilots in China during World War II. Tien Pao & his pet pig, Glory of the Republic, are separated from his parents when their sampan drifts back toward Japanese lines. I'll leave the rest of the story to you.
