Two Jewish sisters separated in a strange country-England. Not knowing where the other lives, each must adjust to her new guardians. Leah's new family is cruel; she's used for farm labor and struggles with the family's Christian faith. Esther attends a school for the blind; her guardians are kind, and she develops friendships with other girls and one of the staff. Their parents remain in Berlin. As the war continues, letter-writing sees them through the uncertainty of not knowing their par...