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Standing on Shamsan

Garry Kilworth (1991)

SubgenreSoft SF / Social SF
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
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Brought up in the Aden of the 1950s, Cass learns to absorb the ways of the Arab people. But when he returns in 1966 he is the a British soldier sent to quell the unrest caused by the British withdrawal. How can he fight for the land of his forebears against the friends of his childhood?