Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
In 1944, as World War II is raging, 15-year-old Jack dreams of being a hero. When he lies and joins the Air Force, he finds himself on a dangerous bombing mission-that may be his last.