But when Japan declares war on Britain and America, Japanese forces take control of the school and the security and comforts Nancy and her friends are used to are replaced by privation, uncertainty and fear.

Ten-year-old Nancy Plummer has always felt safe at Chefoo School, protected by her British status.

But as she prepares to leave China, a terrible twist of fate determines a different path for Elspeth, and those in her charge. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war.Ĭhina, December 1941. The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home sets her unforgettable new novel in China during WWII, inspired by true events surrounding the Japanese Army’s internment of teachers and children from a British-run missionary school.

'Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us.' -Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours

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