When Cameron Joseph and her siblings are sent to Indian residential school, the carefree life on her Indian reserve home abruptly changes. Life at the regimented residential school becomes a daunting journey into the known. Adjustment to an alien culture, language, and religion becomes complicated by bullies, indifferent caregivers, condescending teachers, and debilitating loneliness. They will discover that family is not necessarily blood and that your dreams can save you.