Breaking the Tongue: A Novel Subclass_POETRY teenagers Charlotte (Charlie) and Nat

teenagers Charlotte (Charlie) and Nat appear at first to have much in common

What silently waits in the shadows at night

Nyx's sixth sense tells her that life in the slow lane is a lot deadlier than it appears

Quinn loses her friends

Practice good listening techniques and exploit all leads

Breaking the Tongue: A Novel Subclass_POETRY teenagers Charlotte (Charlie) and NatThis brilliant novel chronicles the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in the story of one Chinese family: Claude, raised to be more British than the British; his father, whose Anglophilia blinds him to impending defeat and his wife's dalliances; and the redoubtable Grandma Siok, whose sage advice falls on deaf ears. Expatriates, spies, fifth columnists, and nationalists mingle as the Japanese threat looms. Beset by the horror of war, betrayal, and,