In a land of strangers, a new family can be found. On a freezing cold winter night, nine-year-old Konisola and her mother step off a plane in Canada. Their home in Nigeria is no longer safe for them, and they are taking the biggest chance of their lives to travel across the world in search of refuge.

Soon after they land, disaster strikes, Konisola's mother falls ill and they become separated. Konisola is forced to fend for herself in a strange country, with no family and no friends.

Then she meets a remarkable nurse and things begin to change for the better. But Konisola's future remains uncertain. Will this new life she has found be taken from her? Inspired by a true story. (From Second Story Press)

Alisa Siegel is a Toronto-based author and radio documentarian for the CBC. She has produced stories on a variety of topics, including the underground railroad for refugees in Fort Erie, women artists in 1920s Montreal and Canadian nurses in the First World War.