Sally Grindley

Holly wakes up one morning to find a whale beached in the cove beside her island home. Soon there is a group effort to save the whale, but things are not as simple as Holly would like.

At 11-years-old, Lu Si-yan is sold into domestic service after her father dies. For the next two years she strives to get back home to her mother and brother. A tale of the grim reality of working life as experienced by many children around the world.