American Girl

From the author of White Rose, Black Forest and Finding Rebecca. Can one woman's inspiring story awaken hope in her granddaughter's lost soul? New York, 2006: Amy Sullivan's life is a complete mess. Just after being fired from her dream job at a prestigious newspaper, she gets a call from her ninety-year-old grandmother in the south of France. Maureen Ritter is flying to her native America, supposedly to visit her sick sister, but she soon begins to share with Amy what she has been hiding for over sixty years. France, 1940: The peace that Maureen and the Jewish orphans staying with her in the French countryside enjoy is threatened by the approaching German invasion. On a trip to Paris to arrange visas so they can escape the country, Maureen meets the handsome Christoph. When he tells her about a group of Jewish children in occupied Belgium, they decide to put together a team to rescue them. But when the Nazis occupy northern France, the children Maureen is caring for also need to be evacuated. With the help of the resistance movement and a network created for the escape of Allied soldiers, Maureen begins a dangerous and difficult journey to save the lives of those she loves most…