The Great Reclamation A Novel
by Rachel Heng
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 3/5, Love & Romance 4/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 1/5, Substance Use 1/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 3/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
Set against a changing Singapore, a sweeping novel about one boy’s unique gifts and the childhood love that will complicate the fate of his community and countryAh Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei.