Paris. The fall of 1940. World War II has begun and eighteen year-old Krista finds her dream of living in Paris for a year with her best friend Gaby has turned into an unimaginable nightmare. Hitler and the German army have marched into the city and taken control, beginning a four-year reign of terror against the Jews. When the American family Krista works for and has grown to love reveals a shocking secret, she is forced to turn to the French Resistance and, surprisingly, Josephine Baker, the famous African-American entertainer, for help. Together they devise a plan to smuggle the family...