This book is all about the struggle two children of different origins have to remain friends when everyone thinks they should have nothing to do with each other.. Basically focusing on the problem of racism, this book is very fast paced. See what we thought at the Friends & Families page.

Separated from his parents when the Japanese invade Hong Kong during WW2, Nicholas Holford has to pretend to be a Cantonese peasant boy. Because he speaks English, he is asked to help with  undercover missions into the prisoner of war camps ... There's a review on the War page