"My grandmother was guarded by dogs and soldiers with guns? I didn't like hearing these frightening things. I covered my eyes, trying to get the horrible picture out of my head -- my Grandma Trudie in a striped prison uniform, with her head completely shaved, pulling a wagon."

Nine-year-old Frannie accidentally finds a grey striped shirt with a yellow star in her grandparent's closet. This begins a gradual discovery of what happened to her grandparents during the Holocaust. Illustrated with several full page pen and ink drawings, this book asserts that surviving was an act of resistance: "We fought the Nazis by staying alive." A gentle introduction to a difficult subject.