From the author of the acclaimed Clementine series comes a story in which a young girl's compassion inspires a small but powerful act of heroism during China's Sparrow War. Full color.

Sara Pennypacker is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pax, the Clementine series and the spinoff series Waylon, and the acclaimed novels Summer of the Gypsy Moths and Here in the Real World. She divides her time between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Florida. She invites you to visit her online at sarapennypacker.com.

Yoko Tanaka is the author-illustrator of Dandelion’s Dream and the illustrator of novels and picture books including The Magician’s Elephant, Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh, and Princessland. She lives in London and invites you to visit her online at yoko-tanaka.com.