Malkie Klein is your average Jewish teenager. Loving, caring, generous and thoughtful. Except the world is changing and sadly, very quickly when she is forced to go into hiding with her friends after the start of World War 2 and the rise of a deadly threat. Malkie finds herself at confused state of life. With no routine and no news from the outside world how will she cope and more importantly when will she be able to roam the world again? "But then again who's ever ready?"