It's World War II and Chinese Cinderella has been forced to leave her home and her father after she has a bitter disagreement with her stepmother. She finds herself taken in by Grandma Wu who works for the Secret Dragon Society. Chinese Cinderella finds herself in a whole new kind of school where she is learning martial arts and other tools of espionage. She and three friends, all boys, are being trained for future secret missions and they will play a valuable role in getting information to the Americans who are headed out on a bombing run over Japan, the enemy. The themes of friendship, identity and secret missions weave together to make an exotic adventure. 256 pages Ages 10-14