by WendyRobertson (Author)
For ten-year-old Sylvie Sambuck, Singapore seems a long way from the fighting of the Second World War. However the advancing Japanese army soon leads to a mass evacuation of the island but, as Sylvie's family begins to board their ship, there is no sign of Sylvie. Somehow, in the confusion, Sylvie finds refuge with her governess, Virginia Chen. But neither Virginia nor her family believe they will escape the Japanese internment camps, where Virginia may have to pay the ultimate price for Sylvie's survival.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Headline
Published: 03 Mar 2003
ISBN 10: 0747266018
ISBN 13: 9780747266013
Book Overview: Wendy Robertson was shortlisted for the Northern Rock Foundation Writer Award 2002. Her other novels include My Dark-Eyed Girl , The Jagged Window and Where Hope Lives .