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Having lost her mother during the evacuation of the Polish ghettos during World War II, Halina finds a way to flee to the safety of an encampment of Jews where, in addition to dealing with guilt and normal teenage struggles, must manage the incredible hardships of food shortages and attacks by the German army just to stay alive yet another day.
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Halina Rudowski is on the run. When the Polish ghetto where she lives is evacuated, she narrowly escapes, but her mother is not as lucky. Along with her friend Batya, Halina makes her way to a secret encampment in the woods where Jews survive by living underground. As the group struggles for food, handles infighting, and attempts to protect themselves from the advancing Germans, Halina must face the reality of life without her mother. Based on historical events, this gripping tale sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Holocaust: the underground forest encampments that saved several thousand Jews from the Nazis. In telling the story of one girl's survival, Escaping into the Night marks the arrival of a remarkable new voice in fiction.
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