Coming in 2024

Ben was 11 when the Second World War came to the Philippines. Next thing he knew, he was carrying forbidden information to prisoners of war—right under the noses of the enemy soldiers. Was he nervous? Sure. But Ben was a siga-siga. It’s what Filipinos call a show-off, a wise guy, a know-it-all. From staring down cobras…to risky rites of passage…to dangerous spy missions, Ben was impervious.  

But there was his nemesis—the Tullahan River—with the arrogant, roiling current that waited to tame this bullheaded boy’s cocksureness. 

Join Ben with his family and friends as they survive the ordeals of war in the Philippines during the greatest world drama of the past century. Read about the unlikely but enduring friendship between Ben and the very enemy itself—and its heartbreaking ending. The bittersweet happenings in Ben’s wartime childhood will make you chuckle and cry. Based on a true story.