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.
- ISBN10 0747266018
- ISBN13 9780747266013
- Publish Date 3 March 2003 (first published 1 July 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 February 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Headline Book Publishing
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 448
- Language English