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Defend or die : the siege of Hong Kong / by Gillian Chan.

by Chan, Gillian.

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Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2015.

Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Rifles of Canada -- Juvenile fiction.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.

Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Siege, 1941 -- Juvenile fiction.

9781443113052 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Siege of Hong Kong

186 p. : ill., maps. ; 18 cm.

"Jack Finnigan, Hong Kong, 1941"--Cover.

When Jack Finnigan signs up with Royal Rifles, based out of Quebec City, during the Second World War, he and his platoon are sent to help defend Hong Kong from the Japanese invasion.

"A captivating and rarely told World War II story: that of the Canadian troops sent to defend Hong Kong from the invading Japanese. Nineteen-year-old Jack Finnigan is a born troublemaker. He has grown up defying authority and leaves his small town to enlist in the Royal Rifles, expecting adventure . . . and not afraid of danger. Little does he know what awaits across the Pacific, where his untested regiment is being sent to defend the vulnerable British colony of Hong Kong. The Royal Rifles and the Winnipeg Grenadiers, many of them young and untrained, quickly find themselves in the thick of battle as the Japanese attack on Sunday, December 7, 1941 (the same day as the bombing of Pearl Harbor). After nearly a month of fighting, the colony falls to the Japanese. Jack writes about the fierce battles during those hard weeks, the surrender and capture of his unit, and his brutal time in the POW camp. In those desperate battles and horrendous conditions, he befriends a once-despised sergeant and learns to work with him in order to survive."--From publisher.

War stories, Juvenile.

Diary fiction, Juvenile.

Historical fiction, Juvenile.

Canadian fiction, Juvenile.

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