Bibliograph

Fing's war, Benny Lindelauf ; translated from the Dutch by John Nieuwenhuizen

Type

Label

Fing's war, Benny Lindelauf ; translated from the Dutch by John Nieuwenhuizen

Language

eng

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Fing's war

Oclc number

1081097396

Responsibility statement

Benny Lindelauf ; translated from the Dutch by John Nieuwenhuizen

Summary

Follows teenaged Fing Boon and her large, impoverished, eccentric family as they navigate the changes World War II visits upon their little town on the border of the Netherlands and Germany

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 A GOLDEN FUTURE 1938-1939 -- Heaven -- Goody-Goody (I) -- Transportation Manager -- Our Grandfather in the Biscuit Tin -- My Golden Future -- Cigars from the Garden -- Nienevee's Return -- The End of Creak and Squeak -- Sand Lugs and the Opposite of Worrying -- Well-Fitting Coats -- My Real Future -- The Doll that Saw Everything (I) -- pt. 2 FINGS WAR I939-I94O -- Deine Lie be Freundin Fing -- Lucky Girl -- We Are Going to Have a Busy Time -- No Charity -- Let the World Turn -- Friends -- Deep Roots -- A Woman Given to Charitable Works -- Preparations -- The Grand Mixed-Faith Dinner -- Accidents Will Happen -- Eight-and-a-Quarter Open Arms -- Catching Crescent Buns -- Family for Rent -- pt. 3 GODS BAKING TRAY 1940-1941 -- A New Caravan -- Not for Children -- Miss Vroon -- Brothers at War (I) -- Sixth Shoulder -- My Sweetheart -- God's Baking Tray (I) -- Going Steady -- The Bandaged Tree -- God's Baking Tray (II) -- Brothers at War (II) --Note continued: pt. 4 HEYVISH'S HEAVEN I94I-I942 -- The Time Between (I) -- Sugar on the Street -- News -- A Glorious Future -- Believing in Saint Nicholas -- Goody-Goody (II) -- The Time Between (II) -- Fing and Fing -- The Location of the Amazon -- Theft -- Monks' Hollow -- The Secret of the Mine -- How Not to Catch a Rat -- pt. 5 THE TREASURE OF THE LINDEN TREE 1942-1943 -- The Limitless Possibilities of the Magic Health Bed -- Squeak and Creak -- Parcel Delivery -- Heyvish's Heaven -- On the Run -- In the Heart of the Darkness -- The Doll that Saw Everything (II) -- No Way Back -- Salt and Tears -- The World Is Flat -- The Treasure of the Linden Tree

Target audience

juvenile

Contributor