Summary

Part IV: To The North begins with Chapter 8/On Location in which Jane and her friends cross the bridge into the north where the roads worsen and fewer people walk on the paths. In Lira, they meet Grace Dollo who Jane first encountered in New York when Grace's talk about the abducted children made Jane want to help. Grace takes the group to meet other parents who fear for their children's safety and worry about hating the grandchildren their children have been forced to birth.

Pere Ben tells of a trip to Sudan where they were taken to a deserted compound, and returning the next day, they found it filled with children; the girl who spoke to them was killed after they left, and he will never forget that day. In contrast, Jane's problems seem trivial, but despite the horrors she...