jewish christians

The daughter of a German and a Jew, Anita's dreams of becoming a famous ballerina are crushed by increasing Nazi persecution, but she is sustained, even while in a Nazi work camp, by her strong Christian faith and the conviction that she will one day be reunited with her mother and sister.

Because she is a Marrano, thirteen-year-old Isabel suffers the harrowing experience of expulsion from Spain during the reign of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.