Daniel, a young Holocaust survivor, arrives at a New York yeshiva in 1946 to study and live. He is carrying a small box, his only possession. Daniel rarely talks, but the story’s narrator, a stutterer taunted by the other boys, comes to consider Daniel his friend. What’s in the box is a mystery. Daniel never lets it out of his sight, but he won’t talk about it, either. The boys at the yeshiva are impatient with his secret. Only Aaron, the stutterer, reaches out to Daniel, and through their friendship, Daniel is able to let go of his box. Together, each boy finds his “voice.” Based on a true story, Greenhorn gives human dimension to the Holocaust. It poignantly underscores our flawed humanity and speaks to the healing value of friendship.