Mountain of Fire is set in a village on the slopes of Mount Merapi, an active volcano in Indonesia. A brave young girl and her brother encounter incidents by night and by day in their community as they find hidden treasure, discover their future and try to stay safe! This was a very interesting book…
The official title of this book is 梁典：跌宕一生的矿家传奇. It is written in Mandarin by Chew Moh Yuen and then translated into English. The content was garnered through interviews with Leong Tian’s remaining children (mostly in their 80s and 90s), and visits to Ipoh (Malaysia) and Jiaying (China) to gain cultural and historical insight into Leong…
ONE is based on the true story of the author Tan Ter Cheah, who lost her right leg to a rare form of cancer when she was 6 years old. The story starts with how Tessie felt a pain in her leg one day, and went from being “normal” to having her leg amputated in…
Set in a rural kampong (‘village’ in Malay), where homes were still made of plant material and children still played in rivers, a young boy meets a stray dog. The dog is shunned by others, but the boy and the dog enjoy a pleasant companionship as they live and play in the village. Crisis occurs…
