The Day My Father Became A Bush

The Day My Father Became A Bush tells a story of war as seen through the eyes of a 10-year-old girl. Young Toda has a relatively carefree life. When conflict breaks out between the “Ones” and the "Others", her father is conscripted to go off to fight, which leaves Toda in the care of her grandmother. The town becomes an active war zone, and Toda's grandmother arranges for her to travel secretly across the border to a neighbouring country where her mother lives. However, the plan is ruined by corrupt officials, and Toda must flee, penniless, to find her mother on her own.