Elephant Run by Roland Smith

One of the good things about the Nutmeg Award is I end up reading books I wouldn't normally pick up. Elephant Run by Roland Smith is a perfect example. Set during World War II, it tells the story of Nick Freestone, a young man who is sent to Burma to live with his father on a teak plantation. What his mother didn't know when she rushed to get Nick out of England and away from nightly bombings was that the Japanese were on the verge of taking Burma over. Elephant Run looks at WW II from an angle I was unaware of. There are people who are incredibly cruel and there are people who are true heroes. When you finish the book, walk away with the heroes.