Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her familyâs circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wireâŠuntil one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitlerâs Nazis has put them all in grave danger.
When the circus is forced to shut down and Ireneâs father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus. Every day is a frightening new kind of balancing act, caught between the desire to perform and the need to hideâeven in plain sight.