In the winter of 1943, a Polish physician and her older daughter make a dangerous and arduous trek to Hungary while seven-year-old Malka, who they were forced to leave behind when she became ill, fends for herself in a ghetto.
Related: Historical Fiction, Hungary, Poland, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- ISBN: 9780399239847
- Author: Pressler, Mirjam
- Translator: Murdoch, Brian
- Published: 2003
- Themes: Holocaust, Jew, mother and daughter, Nazi, Occupation, separation, struggling, Survival, World War II
- Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Hungary, Poland, Young Adult (ages 14-18)