Empire of the sun

By J. G. Ballard

Subjects: Boys, Fiction, war & military, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Shanghai (china), fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Bildungsromans, British, China, fiction

Description: Shanghai, 1941, is a city in turmoil as Japanese troops move in to occupy it in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. Amidst the chaos, twelve-year-old Jim searches fruitlessly for his parents before being imprisoned in an internment camp. Here he experiences a world at war - death marches, starvation and the struggle for survival [cover].