For ten-year-old Homer dela Cruz, every person he has ever loved is gone. After the death of his grandmother, the only anchor in his life in the flooded slums of the Philippines, he is left with nothing but a promise to be a strong boy.

But strength is a luxury he cannot afford. Thrown into a house of thorns, he becomes a servant to his cruel aunt and a punching bag for his abusive cousin. To earn his keep, he is forced to become a drug runner, his small hands carrying secrets he doesn't understand.

When he is cast out onto the streets, survival means joining a gang of thieves and learning the brutal language of fists. He is a boy fighting to exist in a world determined to prove he is worthless. After a devastating tragedy strips him of his new family, he is left with nothing, a ghost boy who believes he is a curse on everyone he has ever loved.

But a chance encounter with a mysterious, kind-hearted carpenter named JC offers an impossible choice: to remain a ghost on the streets, or to take the terrifying first step toward becoming a boy again.

Can a child who has only known a world of fists and fear learn the language of trust? Can hands that have only carried secrets learn to build a future?

Set against the vibrant and unforgiving backdrop of the Philippines, The Maya's Flight is a raw, powerful, and deeply moving story of survival, a testament to the fact that even from the deepest ashes of despair, a spirit can learn to take wing.

This is not just the story of a boy's survival. It is the story of a spirit's flight.