In 1941, a boy named Nick Freestone is sent from bombed London to Hawks Nest camp in Burma, run by his father, to escape the German bombing of London. At the camp, the Japanese forces infiltrate and the story continues from there. The book is called Elephant Run by Roland Smith, published in 318 pages as an adventure story taking place in 1941 at Christmas time and summer in Rangoon, Burma. The reviewer encourages reading the book to feel good.