This historical novel sent in Auschwitz, Ella is a 14 year old Jewish girl who was taken and sent to work in a dress shop as a seamstress for her captors. She must do all she can to survive in this volatile world. The pages of this book are beautiful but do not take away the theme of this story and the harrowing things that the people in Auschwitz went through everyday, in this awful time of history. This book brings to light things that we never hear about in history lessons. I never knew they had women and girls making dresses for the officers wives and dignitaries. I need to read this book to find out if they survive this ordeal and are rescued and if they are I want to know if they fulfilled their dreams.