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world war II, nazi, persecution, jews, family, friendship, courage, foreign occupation, grief, trauma, separation, perseverance
Twelve-year-old Miriam and her family moved from Berlin to the Pletzl after the infamous Kristallnacht. Because they are Jewish, their house was burned down. In Paris, Miriam hopes they are safe at last, but she has a growing feeling of unrest. One day, the gendarmes (police) come and round up all the Jews in the Pletzl. She couldn't find her mother during the roundup, but she did hear a sound like a gunshot. The sound returns in her nightmares. On the bus to the velodrome, Madame Rosenbaum, Miriam's neighbour, tells Miriam to take her two-year-old daughter Nora and pretend she is her sister. She takes away Miriam's yellow star jersey and tells her to escape as soon as they disembark from the bus. Miriam does as she is told. But when Miriam and Nora are separated, will Miriam be able to find her and return home?
