TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ng, Eva Wong,
TI  - Chinatown girl: the diary of Silvey Chan, Auckland, 1942 
SN  - 9781775435778
U1  - NZ823.2 23
PY  - 2019///.
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand : 
PB  - Scholastic, 
KW  - School closings
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Chinese
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Chinese Americans
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Diaries
KW  - Children's stories, New Zealand
KW  - Diary fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Novel for children
N2  - "Set in 1942 in Auckland, New Zealand, in an area of the city known as Chinatown, where the descendants of the Chinese miners and market gardeners gathered together to maintain their culture and provide a sense of community. New Zealand is at war when Silvey starts her diary, but for Silvey this is just a backdrop to the main issues of her world - the closure of her school and the arrival of Chinese-American soldiers"--Publisher information
ER  -