In 1938, Lisa Platt and her family know something dangerous is happening
in Germany. Lately, there have been more and more restrictions for Jews:
yellow stars they have to wear, schools they cannot attend, things they
are forbidden to do. When their neighbors are arrested for petty
reasons, the Platts realize they have to escape.
Forbidden to bring money or possessions out of the country, Lisa's
father secretly leaves for America, planning to work until he can send
for them. But when conditions in Germany worsen, Lisa, her mother, and
her sisters flee to Switzerland to wait, surviving on what little they
have in a continent hurtling toward war.
Inspired by Sonia Levitin's own experience of fleeing Germany as a
child, this moving novel chronicles one family's bravery in the face of
aggression and apathy.