Walking Into the Fire

Olivia Dempsey's life changes forever in December 1941 when a Japanese fighter plane appears in the clear blue sky above her school playing fields. The Japanese army has invaded the British colony of Malaya from the North and Olivia's father must leave their rubber plantation to help fight the invaders. Olivia and her friend Georgia are to travel to their mothers in Singapore. But the journey quickly descends into a nightmare. Safety proves hard to find and help is far away.