My Faraway Home: An American Family's WWII Tale of Adventure and Survival in the Jungles of the Philippines. This item is unavailable.My Faraway Home: An American Family's WWII Tale of Adventure and Survival in the Jungles of the Philippines

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and simultaneously attacked the Philippines, eight-year-old Mary McKay, her parents, and several other American families working on Mindanao fled into the jungle for what they thought would be a short evacuation until they could be rescued by the U.S. Navy. Their wait lasted two years. Maynard's beautifully written, courageous memoir tells the fascinating story of how they survived. The refugees encountered typhoons, fires and cobras; they lived on dwindling stores of canned food. Mary begins to perceive the social politics and prejudices that exist on the island, and she survives a sexual assault. Like <i>The Diary of Anne Frank</i> or <i>Empire of the Sun, My Faraway Home</i> gives a fresh perspective on war through a child's eyes.