Mattingley, Christobel

When war breaks out in Sarajevo, Asmir flees with his mother, younger brother, and grandmother to Belgrade; when they find it is not safe there, they continue on with their uncles to Vienna, where Asmir wishes his father could come to meet them.

Just before the glass angel is put on the Christmas tree, Mother describes her experiences as a little girl during World War II when she and her family were refugees and how the glass angel came to symbolize a new beginning in their lives.

Adam's vacation on a farm doesn't go well until he befriends two ducks who need his protection.

Tells the story of David Mattingley, a young Australian pilot with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, discussing his lifelong passion for planes, his training, and experiences in the military, and describing the events of November 29, 1944, when David was critically wounded while flying his twenty-third mission over Germany.

Separated by the explosion of the atomic bomb, a husband, wife, and mother carry on with their lives in the ruins of Nagasaki and are eventually reunited one Christmas by a very special tree.