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Music On The Bamboo Radio Book 

This novel is written by Martin Booth it is a real life novel .The book is about the Japanese Occupation witch was started by Sir Mark Young who surrendered to British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to Imperial Japanese on 25-December-1941.

This novel is also about a young boy called Nicholas who is experiencing life in the Japanese Occupation without his parents,he is disguised as a Chinese citizen,so that the Japanese do not find him.The adults that are supporting him are just servants who are named Ah Mee ,Ah Kwan and Tang ,he has been with Ah Mee ,Ah Kwang and Tang for more than how much he has been with his parents for.

Ah Mee is very brave and caring.Tang is strong and believes in good he is also adamant but for good.Ah Kwang is  very  honest and she notices almost everything. 

In this  book there are also significant facts about Japanese Occupation for example what the Japanese army wear,they wear a khaki coloured uniform ,baggy trousers that  go into webbing gaiters,a belt and from the belt hung gas masks,grenade holders e.t.c