Molly gets her friends together for the school's Lend-a-Hand contest during Christmas season, as Americans on the home front pitch in to help win World War Two.
Molly plans a secret project to win her school's Lend-A-Hand Contest. But the project turns out to be harder than Molly had thought. Part of the "American Girls" series.
When Emily from England stays with Molly and her family, Molly learns about what people go through during a real bombing. Just when she thinks the war will never end, Molly gets the news that her father is coming home.
While her father is away fighting in World War II, Molly finds her life full of change as she eats terrible vegetables from the victory garden and plans revenge on her brother for ruining her Halloween.