This historical fiction story is filled with suspense. With names of countries like Ukraine and Soviet Union/Russia that dominate current social media reports and television broadcasts, readers will learn important stories from history as well as that of the sixteen-year-old female protagonist. What does a lone teenager do after two and a half years of slave labor in an Opal automobile factory? It's unlikely that your other family members are still alive, and yet you want to know. However, an individual is going to have to find food and a place to sleep each night. This book also reminds one that there are casualties on every side in a war: families torn apart, innocent civilians killed, cities destroyed, young soldiers forced to serve their country are lucky to survive but might be returning with such horrible injuries and memories that they'd rather have been among those killed.