In 1943 Nazi-occupied Copenhagen, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her family shelter their Jewish friend Ellen Rosen from German soldiers. Drawing on the real history of the Danish Resistance, the story follows Annemarie as she becomes unexpectedly involved in an operation to smuggle nearly seven thousand Danish Jews across the sea to neutral Sweden. Written with restraint and clarity, the novel portrays the courage of ordinary people and the enduring power of friendship and solidarity in the face of occupation.

A story of ordinary courage in extraordinary times -- a young girl stands with her friend against the tide of history.