After the fathers were taken away from their families, it was the mothers turn to be torn from their children. Sarah and her mother were separated at the roundup and Sarah felt all alone. She had lost all who she loved and confided in Rachel another young girl. Rachel and Sarah devised a plan to escape their horror. On their way out of the roundup a French police caught the two of them. (pg 90-92) They were mortified. However, Sarah managed to convince the police to let them go because she explained how her young brother was trapped in the cupboard back home and that he'd die if she didn't get home to him. The reluctant police finally let them go and said "For God's sake, run! Run now, quick, both of you. If they see you... Take off your stars! Try to find help. Be careful! Goodluck!" He gave them a thick wad of money and freedom: Sarah couldn't have been more thankful. Rachel and Sarah had no where to go since they were easily recognizable as Jews. They found a little doghouse on a small farm and hid in it when the dog found them. The owners of the house came out and discovered the two of them in the doghouse. Sarah and Rachel thought this was the end when the two owners of the house told them to hurry inside to get safe. Jules and Genevieve were the two nice couple who took Sarah and Rachel in to try to safe their lives. However Rachel got extremely sick and so the couple had to call a doctor. This meant that the police would come to and when they did they found Rachel (a Jew) and took her away. Jules and Genevieve were horrified because they just wanted Rachel to get better they didn't want her to be killed. With the police in the house Sarah had to hide in the cellar in a sack of potatoes so they did not find her. Sarah was extremely grateful for the kindness of Jules and Genevieve but decided she had to leave to get home to Michel.
Sarah had finally left for her journey to Paris to find her brother. Jules and Genevieve wanted to go with her because she became the daughter they never had. The fate of her brother was discovered when she got home to the cupboard and found out her brother had died. Sarah had been so upset she fainted.
After all Sarah's been through, she now has to deal with the loss of her little brother who was no older than 4. Most likely Sarah's parents have been killed, but the book does not tell us what has happened to them yet. Sarah has gone through so much in her life at the young age of 11.
This is the end of Sarah's story in the novel.
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