When a bombing raid destroys her home in Cologne, thirteen-year-old Elowen Falk loses everything, including her missing brother.

Given the identity of a dead girl, she is sent to a distant occupied town where everyone believes she is someone else. To survive, Elowen must become the girl she never knew.

But the life she has stepped into is filled with secrets. Strange whispers, hidden letters, and growing suspicion make one thing clear.

The girl she replaced did not simply disappear.

As the war closes in, Elowen realizes the greatest threat is not losing her stolen identity. It is uncovering the truth behind it.

And some secrets were never meant to survive the war.