Book 3, Chapters 1-5 Summary

Haifa's celebration of Exodus' arrival is brief, as the British swiftly convoy the children to various kibbutzim and villages. Ari offers to call a friend in Youth Aliyah to find Kitty a nursing job and takes her under his wing. As they sit in a cafy, talking about a land filled with angry, emotional people, a massive blast shakes the city. Led by Ben Moshe, Akiva's field commander, the Maccabees have blown up the oil refinery simultaneously with an assault on the Lydda aerodrome. Ari drives a shaken Kitty to Tel Aviv, submitting coolly to British roadblocks and explaining the history of the areas they pass through. Kitty spends the afternoon walking through the sharply differing Arab and Jewish quarters. A British armored column broadcasts warnings of a nighttime curfew on Jews. At dinner, Kitty tells Ari that she...