Jeffrey E. Stern

On Aug. 21, 2015, the world watches in stunned silence as the media reports a thwarted terrorist attack on a train that's bound for Paris -- an attempt prevented by three young Americans traveling together through Europe. The heroic and courageous actions of Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone help to save the lives of more than 500 passengers on board.

An allegorical day-in-the-life adventure lived through the eyes of a naive, determined Yasmeen in search of her missing homework assignment, while the pressures of the adult world threaten her and her rural mountain village in Pakistan.