In pages 164 - 215, Josef’s father jumps overboard but a police officer saves him. The officer comes on board and everyone thanks him but he still says they will leave manana. Isabel accidentally lands in the Bahamas, but they are forced to turn around. Her mother begins to go into early labor on the boat. Ivan is attacked by a shark and dies. Mahmoud and his mother struggle to survive in the Mediterranean but eventually the family is rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. They get to Lesbos and search for Hana, but do not find her. They go to Athens and decide to escape by crossing into Macedonia.
In pages 216 - 269, the MS St. Louis is refused harbor in Cuba. They attempt to land in the U.S., but are turned away from the U.S. government, and must to return to Europe. Josef helps a mutiny on board, but they are thwarted by the Captain. The Captain promises he will try to get them into England. Isabel and her family see the lights of Miami, but the boat starts to fall apart. Then the Coast Guard finds them, while her mother goes into labor. Mahmoud crosses Macedonia, and takes a taxi to Serbia until they are held at gunpoint. They walk to Hungary and there the family is arrested and imprisoned at the border.
