WORLD WAR I STRETCHES ITS CRUEL FINGERS ACROSS EUROPE WHERE FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE MUST FACE THE TERROR AND HARDSHIPS OF WAR.

Felix, from Austria-Hungary, longs for the bravery to resist Jewish deportations before his own family can be taken.

Kara, from Britain, dreams of someday earning her Red Cross pin and working as a nurse—or even a doctor.

Juliette, of France, hopes her family can remain knitted together, despite her father's imprisonment, as the war's longest battle stretches on and on.

Elsa, from Germany, hopes her homing pigeon might one day bring her a friend from amidst the chaos.

And Dimitri, of Russia, wants only to survive the front, where he's been sent to fight with no weapon.

None of them will find exactly what they want. But the winds of fate may cross their paths to give each of them just what they need. And they will discover that friendship and courage can light the way through the most frightening of nights.

In this remarkable exploration of World War I, the award-winning author of A Night Divided and Resistance, Jennifer A. Nielsen, weaves together the extraordinary stories of five children, each of whom holds the key to the other's futures. . . if they are lucky—and brave—enough to find each other.

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