Malka's world is changing. Jews are no longer welcome in her home town and her family is threatened by Nazi round-ups. Nothing is safe any more.

Now Malka's mother knows she has no choice - she must take her daughters across the mountains to freedom. But escape proves harder than they could ever have imagined.

Seperated from her mother and alone in a terrifying new world, Malka struggles to survive starvation and brutality at the hands of the Nazis. But she is unaware that miles away, a broken-hearted mother is searching for her lost little girl...

'Told in simple but very moving language, Malka's tale has huge modern relevance' Big Issue

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Pan Macmillan .

Mirjam Pressler is an award-winning author of several novels for young people, which have been translated into many languages. She is a highly regarded expert on the life of Anne Frank. She lives in the Bavarian countryside.