sino-japanese war, 1937-1945

Anya Rosen moves with her family from Odessa to Shanghai in order to escape religious persecution from Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, but after Anya discovers a newborn baby abandoned in the middle of the street and her hero, Amelia Earhart, goes missing, Anya fears that there is no safe place for her family.

Examines what factors led to the drastic shift in the treatment Japanese soldiers gave to Allied prisoners of war and Chinese civilians during World War II, explaining what caused Japanese soldiers, who had treated their prisoners with respect and civility, to begin engaging in mass murder, rape, and cannibalization of their enemies.