Lat recounts the life of Mat, a Muslim boy growing up in rural Malaysia in the 1950s: his adventures and mischief-making, fishing trips, religious study, and work on his family’s rubber plantation. Meanwhile, the traditional way of life in his village (or kampung>) is steadily disappearing, with tin mines and factory jobs gradually replacing family farms and rubber small-holders. When Mat leaves for boarding school, he can only hope that his familiar kampung will still be there when he returns.

• ISBN: 9789679694109
• Author: Lat
• Published: 1979 , Berita Pub.
• Themes: muslim, traditions, village
• Descriptors: Asia, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Malaysia
• No. of pages: 150