The world is on the brink of war and South Africa elects to fight for the allied cause against Germany. Six-year-old Tom Fitzsaxby finds himself in The Boys Farm, an orphanage in a remote in the high mountains, where the Afrikaners side fiercely with Hitler's Germany. Tom's English name proves sufficient for him to be ostracised, marking him as an outsider. And so begins some of life's tougher lessons for the small lonely boy. Like the whitethorn, one of Africa's most enduring plant, Tom learns how to survive in the harsh climate of racial hatred. Then a terrible event sends him on a journey to ensure that justice is done. On the way, his most unexpected discovery is love. Hardback ed with Dust Jacket 2005.
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