
The house of sixty fathers
Award winning fiction, General fiction, War stories
Human-narrated audio
Summary
A small Chinese boy is separated from his family in wartime as their sampan breaks loose from its moorings and rushes down the river. When the sampan finally drifts ashore, the little boy finds himself in enemy territory with only… his pet pig for comfort. A realistic story based on the author's experience in China during World War II. Grades 5-8. 1956.