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Starred Review on December 1, 2015 | Fiction
In 1920 Jerusalem, Prue Ashton arrives from England to stay with her architect father after her mother is hospitalized owing to a mental breakdown. Once there, she is mostly left to her own devices. A lonely 11-year-old child, Prue is easily befriended by a local, who persuades her to observe her father and his associates and gather intelligence about his plans for the redevelopment of Palestine. Traveling alone by train one day, Prue enc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More