The girl with the white flag : a spellbinding account of love and courage in wartime Okinawa
(Book)

"Originally published in Japanese as Shirahata no shōjo by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, 1989"--Title page verso.

"Separated from her family in the confusion and horror of World War II, seven-year-old Tomiko Higa struggles to survive on the battlefield of Okinawa, Japan. There, as some of the fiercest fighting of the war rages around her, she must live alone, with nothing to fall back on but her own wits and daring. Fleeing from encroaching enemy forces, searching desperately for her lost sisters, taking scraps of food from the knapsacks of dead soldiers, risking death at every turn, Tomiko somehow finds the strength and courage to survive."--Amazon.com.

"An American Library Association book for reluctant YA readers"--Cover.