Endgame: The Secret Force 136
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In Endgame: The Secret Force 136 Alex’s imagination takes him to medieval Chinese battlefields as he learns to play Xiangqi (Chinese chess) with his great-grandfather, Tai Gong. In the months that they spend over the chessboard, Alex comes to understand the important strategies that guided Tai Gong and his decisions as he navigated life as a Chinese Canadian in an anti-Asian era in Canada. In the process, Alex learns about the mysterious Force 136 and the sacrifices its members made to show their loyalty to a country that had utterly disregarded them.
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Coming FALL 2023
Pub Date: October 16, 2023
Catherine Little is an educator, consultant and writer living in Toronto, Ontario with her husband and son. She has a passion for picture books and often used them in the classroom to enhance her mathematics, science and history lessons. She wrote Endgame: The Secret Force 136 after learning about the force's existence just a few years ago and envisioned a book that could help more families learn of this little-known chapter in Canadian history.
Sean Huang is an artist and illustrator from Regina, Saskatchewan. From the time Sean was young, his father, artist Zhong-Yang Huang, encouraged his passion for art. Art has become for Sean, a means of expression, and a way of life. He has exhibited widely across Canada and China, and his paintings can be found in many private and corporate collections. His first book was Astonishing Legacy: Shoe Fantasia.
Additional information
| Weight | .36 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 10.5 × 8 × 0.2 cm |
| Specs | Trade, 8" X 10", 32 pages |
Keith Lock –
A wonderfully written and illustrated children’s book. “Endgame: The Secret Force 136” tells a true story from Chinese Canadian history that is largely unknown, and needs to be told.