It's September 6, 1939. Twenty-seven lucky passengers are about to board the famous China Clipper bobbing at anchor in San Francisco harbor. One of them, fifteen-year-old Drew Davies, is awestruck at the size and power of the giant Boeing seaplane. "Only the world's largest airplane!" he mutters to his father, who is carrying top secret papers for General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines. Thus begins a remarkable six-day adventure across the Pacific...