A young girl fleeing Hitler takes refuge in Shanghai, where she learns that she must fight to survive Throughout tomboy Ilse\'s childhood, her mother has tried to force her to behave like a proper Austrian lady.
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The United States refuses to take them, so they proceed to China and make a new home in steamy, mysterious Shanghai.
But when Hitler annexes their country, the family flees, boarding a packed freighter and sailing around the world in search of a safe harbor.
A young girl fleeing Hitler takes refuge in Shanghai, where she learns that she must fight to survive Throughout tomboy Ilse\'s childhood, her mother has tried to force her to behave like a proper Austrian lady