The year is 1943. Anita Geertje is a fourteen-year-old girl living in Amsterdam. She has dreams of becoming an artist and going to America to paint. But then one summer evening, her entire family gets a call-up to Auschwitz. And things will never be the same for Anita ever again. The year is 1943. Tommy Gardner is a fourteen-year-old boy living in London. He has a relatively normal life until a horrible air-raid changes his life forever. Now he has no idea what is in store for him.