In 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother.
Nick is left stranded on the plantation, forced to work as a.
Japanese soldiers invade, and Nick\'s father is taken prisoner.
But as soon as Nick arrives, trouble erupts in the remote Burmese Elephant village.
Deciding the situation in England is too unstable, Nick\'s mother sends him to live with his father in Burma, hoping he will be safer living on the family\'s teak plantation.
In 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother