The day she visited Lula's library Dawn felt like she'd hit the jackpot. Here were books handpicked by the lady Nathan was advising. Dawn had to stop herself from taking them all. The one she chose showed a pretty girl in a fifties-style poodle skirt and twinset standing on a bridge that spanned a canal. A handsome boy waved to her from a boat below. Buffy Halliday Goes to Europe! 
Dawn started reading as soon as she got home. It wasn't quite what she'd been expecting. The book's narrator seemed a lot younger than the girl pictured on the cover. But she was smart and funny. She had parents who loved her, an older sister and friends. All the things Dawn used to pray for. As it turned out, her name was Anne. She lived in Amsterdam. And she was Jewish. Nobody in the book was named Buffy Halliday. 'What is that?' Nathan asked when he got home, snatching the book out of her hands. Dawn held her breath while he studied the cover. She was enjoying the book more than anything she'd read in quite a while. 
'This looks like it's a hundred years old.'
'I think it might be. I got it from Lula's library.'
He set the book down on the counter with a grunt. 
'It's Friday night. The boys are coming. You got the den ready?' 
'I'll do it right now,' she said, taking her book with her when she left the room. Before she headed downstairs, she slipped it behind the dresser in her bedroom. Just to be safe.