This book tells the profound and inspirational story of a girl who was plucked from deep rural Germany after witnessing the horror of Kristallnacht and her familys eviction from its village. Ruth L. David was sent to England as part of the Kindertransportone of the few routes to safety and survival for many children who would lose their parents in the Holocaust. This story tells of her subsequent life in an orphanage, and her enduring and moving struggles.