Palestine, 1948. Farha is 14, an age at which most girls in her village are married or betrothed, but she is determined to convince her father to let her go to school in the city with Farida, her best friend. Just as she thinks he is convinced, the village comes under a bombing attack and her father leaves, locking her for safety in the family’s cellar and promising to return. Through a small hole in the wall, Farha watches the village she was excited to leave turned to rubble, bearing witness to the collapse of her country and the forced displacement of its people.