As the world careens toward war, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her 12-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. Her desperation leads her to Ettie, the daughter of a rabbi, who helps her to create a mystical creature—a golem—who is sworn to protect Hanni's daughter Lea. In this National Jewish Book Award winner by the author of The Dovekeepers, this being known as Ava is brought to life, and now she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined.