Forced to leave their home in south-east Poland on 10 February 1940, Wladek and his family are deported to the frozen wastes of Siberia, where they experience extreme hardship and terrible loss. After a perilous journey through Kazakhstan, during which further tragedy strikes, he and his sister, Hania, end up in a Polish orphanage in India. Wladek's survival may depend on a very unusual little person who becomes his guide and protector.
Based on a true story...