Shortly after witnessing a kidnapping, Rebecca is transported to the future. As she struggles to find a way to return to her own time, Rebecca also tries to find a way to change history without destroying the world she once knew.
Trouble comes to the kingdom of Gepeth in the form of a flying giant, the appearance of forbidden snow, a tornado, and the loss of Princess Lenora's extraordinary mental powers.
Miranda, aware that she has two clones, one living with her and the other under the guardianship of Dr. Mullen, begins to suspect there is a fourth clone when she starts getting in trouble for things she did not do.
Anna, a teenaged German refugee, relates how she and other Jewish children were cared for by the citizens of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, during the German occupation.
After leading a group of Jewish refugees to Israel after World War II, sixteen-year-old Ruth joins the Haganah, the Jewish Army, and helps her people fight to keep the land granted to them by the United Nations.
During the Nazi occupation of Denmark, Lisa and other teenage Jews become involved in an underground resistance movement and eventually must flee for their lives.
After her father's sudden death, fourteen-year-old Rose Rives finds that sixteenth-century France is a dangerous place for women, when some greedy, vindictive men charge her mother and others with being witches.