TY - BOOK AU - Ng,Eva Wong TI - Chinatown girl T2 - My New Zealand story SN - 9781775435778 U1 - NZ823.2 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Auckland PB - Scholastic New Zealand Limited KW - School closings KW - Children's fiction KW - Chinese Americans KW - Chinese KW - New Zealand KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Children's stories, New Zealand KW - Diary fiction KW - lcgft 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 -