On June 14, 1940, eight-year-old Jacqueline witnesses the Nazis march into her beloved, native Paris. In that grim moment, her cherished childhood is wrenched from her. Now, she's a despised Jew. To avoid Hitler's killing camps, her family opts for the dark pit of subterfuge and fear that follow: life on the run. After two years, there's nowhere left to hide. Desperate decisions are made. Then, a life-defining oath wrenched from her, makes eleven-year-old Jacqueline the surrogate mother of her two younger siblings on their way to a new continent, a new culture, and new conflicts.