Merely Alive

In Denmark, in the midst of World War II, thirteen-year-old Maya is injuredshot by a Naziwhen her city is bombed. Worse, her four-year-old sister, Elana, is killed. Her parents, resistance fighters, are determined to keep her safe, and so they send her to live with their close friends, the Coffmans, including Mayas friend Rose and Roses older brother, Greg. As Maya settles in with the Coffmans, she and Rose go for a walk, with Greg tagging along. While out, they encounter the very same Nazi who shot Mayaand he recognizes her as the Jewish girl he shot only a few days before. Believing all three children to be Jewish, he and his fellow soldiers capture them and send them to Auschwitz. Now Maya, Rose, and Greg must figure out how to escape and return home again. On their journey, theyll face many deadly obstacles and undergo adventure, love, and loss. Can their courage and strength see them through the brutality of war?