Thirteen-year-old American girl genevieve has spent the summer of 1939 at Her Grandmother's farm in alsace, France. Then she makes an impulsive choice: to stay in France. It proves to be a dangerous decision. World War I...Thirteen-year-old American girl genevieve has spent the summer of 1939 at Her Grandmother's farm in alsace, France. Then she makes an impulsive choice: to stay in France. It proves to be a dangerous decision. World War II erupts.