Danae, who has grown up in France as the daughter of missionaries, has to move with them to America and finds herself in an unfamiliar and strange place when she goes to school there. When Danae's family moves from France to America for a year of furlough, all of the things that have meant "home" to Danae are missing. Stone walls, church bells, roses, and a best friend. The familiar things of home are suddenly gone. What does Papa mean, she wonders, when he tells her to look for roses here in America? - Publisher.