Whispers of a Million Elephants

"There are often good reasons people do bad things. Remember that."Lizzie and Bobby may be escaping a freezing winter and heading to the tropical heat of Thailand but, as they've been firmly told, it's not a vacation. They've been promised schoolwork and a personal tutor and little chance of seeing much else.But a schoolfriend has asked them to deliver two little silver bars to her great-grandmother in Bangkok - and Lizzie did swear she'd do it. Giving their minder the slip, the pair end up taking a night train to Laos and starting an epic quest to get the bars back to their rightful owners.A simple promise suddenly turns deadly serious. Are the secrets the bars hold really worth dying for?Based on true stories of Laos' Secret War, this is a tale of determination, inner strength, and the secrets that bind us.