It's 1942, and the news from the war front is not good. For Ethan Doane who is still too young to fight, it is a struggle to keep up with the rationing and government directives that flow into his little town. New faces appear in the village, not all of them friendly. His inquisitive nature thrusts him into a situation as dangerous as most of those men on the battlefield face. The war is coming home. Everyone has a part to play, even the teenagers like Ethan.