New York Occasions bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen transports readers to a corner of background with this uplifting story of a girl

who discovers the strength of her people united in resisting oppression.

Danger is by no means far from Audra’s family plantation in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian Cossack military, who demand that everyone must become Russian — they possess banned Lithuanian books, religious beliefs, culture, as well as the vocabulary. But Audra

understands her parents are involved in something secret and perilous.

When Cossacks arrive abruptly at their door, Audra’s parents insist that she flee, taking with her an important package and

instructions for where you can deliver it. But escape means abandoning her parents to an awful fate.

As Audra embarks on a journey to provide the mysterious bundle, she faces unimaginable dangers, and shortly she becomes caught

up in a growing resistance motion. Can joining the underground network of reserve smugglers provide Audra an opportunity to rescue her

parents?