Anna, an adopted child, has always wondered who her real parents are. When Anna and her family check into a strange old hotel, Anna meets the ghostly Colonel and Mrs. Terwilliger. Her resemblance to the couple’s missing daughter is eerie-especially since the young girl disappeared over one hundred and forty years ago!
 
Unable to resist the lure of the past, Anna is drawn back in time to the danger-filled days of the underground railroad, which helped runaway slaves to freedom. Here Anna discovers the mystery of her childhood-a  mystery that must be solved if Anna is every to find her way home again.