During the Russian Revolution, ten-year-old Peter and his family must survive famine and anarchy as they flee their home to find safety in North America.
In 1917 Russia, ten-year-old Peter Neufeld's home is robbed and the family's barn burned down. Scared and helpless in the face of anarchy, famine, and the Russian Revolution, the Neufelds must join the mass exodus of Mennonites to North America.