The year is 1942, and Norway is under Nazi occupation. Twelve-year-old
Marit has decided to take action, despite her grandfather's warnings.
But will her plan work? Can she really complete her part of this secret
code? And even if she can, would it make any difference to the
Resistance?
As this novel reveals what Norwegian people did to preserve their
dignity and freedoms, it uncovers a startling statistic: the German
secret police systematically rounded up one teacher in ten and sent them
to concentration camps for their refusal to teach Nazi propaganda to
Norwegian schoolchildren. Set on an island of sturdy fishing trawlers
and brightly painted homes, with smells of kelp and salt water, here is
a riveting novel about risks taken, secrets kept, and, always, questions
about whom to trust.