This intensely interesting story has its setting in the huge city of Singapore. Ai-Lin is the youngest in a poverty-stricken family. Surrounded by gangs, communists, and opium slaves, she never knows what each day will bring. Ai-Lin and her family learn of the love of Christ and true happiness in contrast to the dread and superstition they once knew. For intermediate to adult readers.

Table of Contents

• Publisher's Forward
• Author's Introduction
• 1. The Village in the Cemetery
• 2. Family Tragedy
• 3. Disaster Strikes
• 4. A New Life for Ai Lin
• 5. The New Family
• 6. Chinese New Year
• 7. A New Experience
• 8. A New Home for Kim Neo
• 9. Philip Faces Up to Facts
• 10. The Riot
• 11. A Bold Confession
• 12. Ah Chong Sails for China
• 13. Grandfather's Funeral
• 14. Philip Must Leave Home
• 15. Ai Lin and the Beggar
• 16. Help From the Gods
• 17. The Depths of Despair
• 19. The Dead God
• 20. A Time of Crisis
• 21. A New Creature
• 22. A Personal Testimony
• 23. Something to Live For