While visiting their cousins' farm on the west coast of Denmark in the Summer of 1944, 11-yr-old twins Peter and Elise learn the power of prayer as they work to rescue a downed British pilot.

In 1943, when the Germans plan to send all Danish Jews to prison camps, Peter and Elise, eleven-year-old twins, face dangers trying to help their Jewish friend Henrik escape to Sweden.

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

In WWII Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt assumes the identity of a common shipyard worker, rowing messages to Sweden for the Resistance. His life depends on keeping his secret hidden-a task that proves challenging when he meets Else Jensen, an American physicist who seems to see right through him--