Having fled the dreadful blitz in London and landed in sunny Santa Fe,
New Mexico, Beatrice Agatha Sims has learned to appreciate a radically
different culture and landscape. Her world is rocked again with news of
the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. First she must contend with losing
her American host, the sensible "Clem" - a public health nurse called to
Washington to train other nurses. Then the 13-year-old girl must draw on
her own experience of being a stranger in a strange land to battle local
fears and prejudice when a Japanese Internment Camp is constructed on
the edge of town. And will Beatrice have the 'gumption' required to face
the challenges the war is bringing to everyone?
A stand-alone novel and sequel to the very popular, award-winning True
Brit about an English girl fleeing the Blitz and landing in America,
based on true accounts.