This story's inclusion of a contemporary main character offers a unique perspective of the Holocaust, helping today's readers understand. It shows how selecting a "twin" for a Bat-Mitzvah is an endeavor by Jewish leaders to keep a new generation aware of the horrors faced by their ancestors. For Laura's Bat Mitzvah, her rabbi gives her the journal of Sara Gittler, a Holocaust prisoner who never got to celebrate her coming of age. Laura researchs Sara's life and shares her Bat Mitzvah with her twin at the ceremony.