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Franziska Mangold is not Jewish. But in Hitler's eyes, her Jewish ancestors are enough to make her the enemy. When her father is arrested by Nazis, she is smuggled out of Germany with hundreds of other children on the kindertransport. Confronting her future alone with a single suitcase, Frances courageously pieces together a new life in London with Jewish strangers who soon become more of a family than her own parents. But being German in England...

"When a huge black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household sees it and hides. Only Small, the youngest Hope, has the courage to face the black dog, who might not be as frightening as everyone else thinks"--

Tia Isa and her niece try to save enough money to buy a car to take the whole family to the beach.