Weng Wai Chan

Weng Wai Chan writes fiction for young people. Her debut novel, Lizard’s Tale (Text Publishing), is about a boy who gets caught up in a pre-war intrigue in Singapore in 1940.

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Auckland

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Lizard’s Tale

Lizard lives in Singapore’s poor but colourful Chinatown. It’s 1940 and war is just around the corner, but Lizard doesn’t know that. When he steals a teak box from Raffles Hotel, he gets caught up in a world of coded secrets, Japanese invasion plans and undercover spies.