Half a century after the marriage of her Polish grandparents is marred by World War II and a painful tragedy, Beata recreates their journey to Kraków, where she encounters a youth culture torn between the city's past and future.

"1942, Warsaw: Young Zofia finds herself leading a double life when she is enlisted to help the fearless Irena Sendler save hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Every night, Zofia risks her life to shepherd the children to safety. But when the worst happens, she is forced to make her riskiest journey yet to keep Irena's mission alive. Now, Seattle: After yet another miscarriage, heartbroken Lizzie returns to the comfort of her childhood...

While Erosa searches for her missing mother on three different continents, she is forced to confront the differences between Christian traditions and those of Islam and Hinduism. In an effort to solve the riddle of her mother's disappearance, her religious toleration is severely tested. However, the tragic aftermath of a horrible tsunami that strikes while she is in India alters her view of life, and she realizes that suffering does not discriminate...

"Because of her father's role in the Solidarity movement, Anna and her parents immigrate to the United States in the 1980s as political refugees from Poland. They settle in Brooklyn among immigrants of every stripe, yet Anna never quite feels that she belongs. But then, the summer she turns twelve, she is sent back to Poland to visit her grandmother, and suddenly she experiences the shock of recognition. In her family's hometown of Kielce, Anna develops...