Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family’s apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours. Journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France’s past. She stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl’s ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d’Hiv’, to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah’s past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her life. Told in alternating viewpoints, Sarah and Julia’s stories eventually merge into an unexpected conclusion. This is a good story and tells of a time that is not well known in World War II history, so for that purpose, I would recommend it.