A Child in the Midst of Battle: One Family's Struggle for Survival in War-Torn Manila

"Imperial warplanes swarmed in the sky, dropping their loads of destruction on the city at every time of the day and night. The ack-ack of antiaircraft fire was deafening. Tracer bullets shredded the night sky. Whenever we heard the planes approaching we scurried into a large closet beneath the stairs. We held our breath at the sounds of the bombs falling - a horrible whistling sound you don't forget - and braced for explosions that rocked the earth." So begins the extraordinary journey of a ten-year-old girl who - along with her family and the people of the country she loved - endured the nightmare of Japanese occupation in wartime Manila. Join her in an unforgettable story of despair, innocence lost and, finally. renewal.