The Taste of Rain

by Monique Polak

It is 1945, and thirteen-year-old Gwendolyn has been a prisoner at the Weihsien Internment Camp in northern China for nearly two and a half years. Gwendolyn is one of 140 children who were enrolled at a boarding school in Chefoo when the Japanese Imperial Army invaded China.

Life in the camp is difficult. There is not enough food or water, and even the children are forced to do hard labor. But Miss E., one of their teachers from Chefoo, has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459820266
• ISBN13: 9781459820265
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7