The Taste of Rain
Monique Polak
Publication Date:
1 Feb. 2020
Format:
Paperback / softback
ISBN 9781459820265
Information
Book Type: Junior HighAge Group: 11 to 15 years
Traffic Lights: Green/Amber
Class Novel: Yes
Good Reads Rating: 4/5
Literary Rating: 4/5
Review
Themes
war, Japanese internment camp, Girl Guides, deprivation, courage, kindness, respect, self-sacrifice, hope
Content Notes
1. Gwen is the daughter of American missionaries. She grapples with feelings of abandonment and anger towards her parents and towards God, for having been left in danger while they went off to minister to others. 2. As you would expect given the setting, there is some violence and death, however it is relevant to the story and not needlessly graphic. 3. The guards are harsh and cruel, including towards the children. In one scene, a boy falls over at roll call onto a sagging electrical cable. There is a smell of burnt meat and his body is left on the ground. Gwen later has nightmares about the dead boy. 4. Some talk of the massacre in Nanking, where two officers had a competition to see who could kill 100 people first, using only a sword (p70). 5. Miss E is given a piglet by Lu (a ‘coolie’). While first they keep it as a pet, hidden in their hut, eventually Miss E is forced to kill it. She needs the meat to try and help keep Eric Liddell alive. Gwen helps her, as she realises that this is a terrible thing Miss E has to do (p136-7).
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