Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure

Thirteen-year-old Jacob's life is hard in 1920s Poland, where he lives in an orphanage for Jewish children. One pleasure he has is learning to play the mandolin. Then an American benefactor promises the orphans a new life in Canada and the dream of playing a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall. But will he keep his promises? The children embark on the long journey by train and by ship, where a stow-away becomes dangerously ill. Jacob, the orchestra's star mandolin player, must overcome his fears and doubts to help his friends face the challenges of the voyage to a new life.