For ten year-old Jeremiah Prins, the privileged son of a school headmaster in the Dutch East Indies, his idyllic childhood comes to a halt in 1943 after the Japanese invade the Southeast Pacific. Jeremiah must take on the care of his younger siblings when his father and older stepbrothers are forced into an internment camp and separated from the rest of the family. Life in the camp is especially difficult for Jeremiah's mother who is frail and fragile adding to Jeremiah's burden. Amid starvation, violence, loss, Jeremiah draws upon all of his strength and cunning to fill in for his troubled mother. Life in the camps is made more bearable as Jeremiah's boyhood crush with Laura deepens into a friendship from which they both draw strength.When evil threatens to overpower Jeremiah and Laura, they draw upon God's grace to help them. Time and war will test them and the only thing that will bring them safely to the other side is the greatest bond of all.
Sigmund Brouwer is not only the author of over 40 novels, he is also an inspirational speaker and the co-founder of the Young Writers Institute. He is married to Christian recording artist, Cindy Morgan and they have one daughter Olivia.
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